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Entity Type: PRC Media Outlet

Economic Daily

The Economic Daily (經濟日報), founded in January 1983, is a Chinese state-owned financial and business newspaper published by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨中央委員會). According to its official website, the publication operates under direct Party supervision to communicate official economic policy and narratives. The newspaper focuses on economic development, financial markets, and industrial policy, serving as a key platform for disseminating the Party’s economic directives and perspectives. The Economic Daily also operates China Economic Net, an online portal launched in 2003, which extends coverage to international economics, technology, and lifestyle content alongside traditional financial reporting.

Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua News Agency, established on November 7, 1931, as the Red China News Agency in Ruijin, Jiangxi province, is China’s official state news agency operating as a ministry-level institution under the State Council. The agency adopted its current name in January 1937 while headquartered in Yan’an, Shaanxi. Its headquarters is located near Zhongnanhai in Beijing, with the current president and Party Secretary Fu Hua (傅華), who was appointed in June 2022. By 2021, Xinhua had 181 bureaus globally, though more recent sources indicate over 170 overseas bureaus as of 2024, and publishes in multiple languages. Xinhua serves as the country’s leading news agency within the CCP’s news control system. Xinhua official news releases, or tonggao (通稿), are regarded as the authoritative version of events such as political meetings and CCP policy statements — authoritative in the sense that leadership approves them. In press orders and bans from the Central Propaganda Department, media will be instructed to “use only Xinhua releases” on particular stories. Today, Xinhua functions as an important channel for China’s leadership to disseminate its preferred narrative globally.

Wuxi Daily

Wuxi Daily (无锡日报) is the mouthpiece publication of the CCP Committee of the city of Wuxi, in China’s Jiangsu province. Founded on August 1, 1949, as Workers’ Life (工人生活), it became the official party organ in 1954 and adopted its current name in 1957. The newspaper suspended publication during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1979) before resuming operations. Now published by Wuxi Daily Media Group, the full-color broadsheet maintains the largest circulation among local news publications in the Wuxi region at 50,000 copies, with readership reaching 550,000-600,000 people. It covers Wuxi city and surrounding areas including Jiangyin and Yixing cities. The publication claimed in the late 2010s to have pioneered online newspaper services in Jiangsu province and has evolved into a multimedia platform encompassing print, digital, mobile, and audio-visual content.

Xiamen Daily

Xiamen Daily (廈門日報) is the official organ of the Xiamen Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)(中共廈門市委機關報). Founded on October 22, 1949, with its masthead calligraphy provided by Shu Tong (舒同), then a standing member and propaganda chief of the CCP East China Bureau, the paper is the sole broadsheet daily of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone. As a municipal party organ, it primarily relays local CCP committee announcements and policy directives, mirroring the People’s Daily on central political priorities. The paper suspended publication in 1970 and resumed in 1979, and has historically played a central role in cross-strait messaging given Xiamen’s position as the mainland city geographically closest to Taiwan.

China News Service

China News Service (中國新聞社), established in October 1952, is China’s second-largest state news agency after Xinhua. The agency has been under the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party since 2018, focusing on overseas Chinese communities and residents of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. The agency maintains offices throughout mainland China and internationally, operating what it calls the “Global Chinese Media Cooperative Union” to redistribute state media content. In 2020, the U.S. State Department designated CNS as a “foreign mission.” According to the Media and Journalism Research Center, as of September 2024, CNS is classified as “State Controlled Media.” The agency expanded into film and television production, launched “China News Video” in 2007, and publishes several periodicals, including “China Newsweek” (中國新聞周刊).

Xinmin Evening News

The Xinmin Evening News, was established on September 9, 1929, in Nanjing as Xinmin Po (新民報) by three editors from Central News Agency: Chen Mingde (陳銘德), Wu Zhusi (吳竹似), and Liu Zhenghua (劉正華). After 1946, the newspaper expanded to Shanghai, where it launched its evening edition as Xinmin Evening News. Currently owned by Shanghai United Media Group (上海報業集團), the publication underwent significant transformation in 1958 when the evening edition was formally renamed from Xinmin Po Evening Edition to Xinmin Evening News. In October 2020, the United States Department of State designated the newspaper as a foreign mission of the Chinese government. On January 1, 2025, Xinmin Evening News was integrated with Liberation Daily (解放日報) and Wenhui Daily (文匯報) into the unified Shangguan News platform (上觀新聞), consolidating Shanghai’s three major newspapers under a shared digital framework.

China.com

China.com is a comprehensive internet media platform operated by Beijing Huanet Zhixun Information Co., Ltd. (北京華網智訊信息有限公司), launched in May 1999 as one of China’s earliest portal websites. Its two shareholders are Ningbo Yurui Investment Co., Ltd. (宁波宇瑞投资有限公司), holding 75.0002 percent, and Guoguang Huanqiu Media Holdings Co., Ltd. (国广环球传媒控股有限公司), holding 24.9998 percent. In July 1999 it became the first China concept stock listed on NASDAQ, followed by a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Growth Enterprise Market in 2000. Following a dispute over a Valuation Adjustment Mechanism, it was delisted from NASDAQ in 2011 and acquired by Guoguang Huanqiu Media Holdings in 2013. After a revamp in 2021, the platform established 23 multilingual sites across 24 languages, reaching 1.63 million overseas users. Its channels cover news, military affairs, and finance. 

Guangdong Radio and Television

Guangdong Radio and Television (廣東廣播電視台), or GRT, is a provincial state media organization operating under the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee’s Propaganda Office. Formed in 2014 through the merger of Guangdong People’s Broadcasting Station (established 1949), Guangdong Television (established 1959), and Southern Broadcasting, Film & Television Media Group, GRT serves China’s most populous province and plays a strategic role in external propaganda activities targeting Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam. GRT operates multiple channels and digital platforms under CCP guidance, with capacity for multilingual broadcasting given Guangdong’s proximity to Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asian markets.

China Report

China Report (El Popola Ĉinio in Esperanto) is a state-run monthly magazine published by China Report Magazine Press (中國報道雜誌社), operating under the China Foreign Languages Bureau/China International Communications Group (CICG). Founded in 1950 as People’s China Report in Esperanto, it is one of China’s earliest external propaganda publications. The magazine transitioned from print to online in 2000 and simultaneously launched a Chinese-language monthly edition focused on political and economic reporting on China’s development. In 2006, the publisher adopted the additional designation “China Foreign Languages Bureau Chinese Periodicals Center” (中國外文局中文期刊中心), consolidating management of CICG’s commercial Chinese-language publications. China Report operates as part of CICG’s external propaganda apparatus, coordinating with regional media networks across Southeast Asia to shape international narratives about Chinese development and foreign policy, including co-organizing annual news selection events with media from Lancang-Mekong countries.