About China Daily

From print to Web, from China to America, Europe and the rest of Asia, the China Daily Group is an authoritative provider of news, information and entertainment to global readers with a special on China. While China Daily has firmly established its position as the leading English-language news media in China since its founding in 1981, the group now also publishes US, European, Asian and Hong Kong editions of the flagship brand. The group’s new media has seven website clusters and three mobile platforms, which provides a cutting-edge for the group’s future development.

China Daily’s Print Media

China Daily Media Group has 12 print publications, including the mainland, Hong Kong, Asia, US and Europe editions, as well as specialist titles, the 21st Century English newspaper series and multimedia editions.

China Daily, the flagship newspaper founded on June 1, 1981, publishes 24 pages Monday to Friday and 16 pages on Saturday and Sunday. It uses cutting-edge design with dynamic pictures and artwork. It encompasses magazine-style in-depth reporting and analysis.

China Daily US Edition was launched in 2009. It publishes 16 pages Monday to Friday, 24 pages weekend. Its circulation includes the United Nations headquarters, government agencies of the United States and Canada, universities, think tanks, major financial institutions and many leading companies.

China Daily European Weekly was launched in 2010. It offers 32 pages of news and views from China and the European continent each week.

China Daily Asia Weekly was launched in 2010. It is a pan-Asian publication exploring issues and events from throughout the region.

China Daily Hong Kong Edition was founded in 1997, shortly after the return of Hong Kong to China. The edition is the only national newspaper published in Hong Kong. It publishes 28 pages Monday to Friday and 16 pages on Saturday and Sunday.

China Watch is China Daily’s first supplement (originally named Reports from China). It is a monthly publication distributed to 2.5 million cosmopolitan readers as an insert in Washington Post, The New York Times in the US, and across Europe with International Herald Tribune and The Daily Telegraph.

21st Century English Newspaper Series was launched in 1993. It includes the most popular English education weekly for English learners and fans in China, as well as eight weekly publications for school and university students and teachers. There is also a 21st Century website and a 21st Century mobile newspaper. All of these things have helped 21st Century English education media become an established brand.

China Daily’s Digital Media

China Daily’s digital media, with the China Daily website as its core, is a round-the-clock, multi-channel news network. It has seven website clusters and three mobile platforms, including English News, Chinese News, Business, Entertainment and Language Tips, as well as the China Daily smart phone and tablet apps, China Daily Mobile Website and multimedia messaging service.

China Daily’s iPhone/iPad applications were released in September 2009 and April 2010 respectively at the Apple App Store, the world’s largest mobile application software store. China Daily was China’s first State-level organization to launch news apps.

China Daily website (chinadaily.com.cn): Launched in 1995, it is a comprehensive media outlet and China’s most influential English-language Web portal. It encompasses news reporting, information services, online communities and language learning, with more than 30 subsidiary websites and 300 channels under seven website clusters. Daily page views now exceed 31 million, with about 60 percent of visitors from overseas.

China Daily apps: China Daily news apps provide essential news of China and the world, as well as culture and travel tips for users on the go. The smart phone and tablet apps are now available at Apple App Store and other mainstream app platforms, including Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Amazon-Kindle. To date, worldwide iPhone and iPad downloads alone have reached about half a million.

China Daily multimedia messaging service (MMS): This service includes the bilingual China Daily Mobile News (separate China Mobile and China Telecom versions) and a China Daily PDF edition on China Unicom.

China Daily eClips: Launched in January 2007, it is distributed to 250,000 influential readers in politics, business and academics, as well as in other fields.

Asia News Photo website (asianewsphoto.com): Launched in March 2006, this website was founded by China Daily, the only media member of Asia News Network on the Chinese mainland. It represents 21 newspapers in 19 Asian countries and regions, as well as nearly 2,000 registered photographers. It has an archive of more than 2 million photos and provides an Asia-focused photo service to media outlets worldwide.

Newscartoon (newscartoon.com.cn): Launched in July 2001, it is hosted by the China Daily website and jointly operated with the China Journalistic Caricature Society. It is China’s largest professional cartoon website, with thousands of cartoonists and illustrators contributing to it and more than 100,000 cartoons and illustrations in its archive.

China Daily’s development

China Daily has rapidly developed at home and abroad. It has the largest and most professional team in China. Its global reporting and editing system, international communication channel and media relations network are constantly growing.

China Daily plays an important role in Asia News Network, the continent’s largest media organization, as it spreads the voice of China and Asia globally. With the headquarters in Beijing, it has 31 bureaus and offices across the country.

Largest, highly professional team

China Daily has a highly professional English-language news reporting and editing team, which includes more than 500 professionally trained members from China and abroad. Its staff includes more than 70 senior journalists from the United States, Britain and other countries.

China news reporting and editing network

China Daily has 31 bureaus and offices covering news in the country’s provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, including in Beijing，Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi，Guizhou，Hainan, Henan, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Hunan，Jilin, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi，Sichuan, Tibet，Xinjiang, Yunnan and Zhejiang. It also has a presence in such important locations as Dalian, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Overseas communication channels

Since its launch, China Daily has established a global network of bureaus and offices. It offers the most comprehensive China-based coverage in the world, with dedicated regional editions providing expert and local perspectives to an international readership.

China Daily has four companies overseas: China Daily (Holding) Co. Ltd, China Daily Hong Kong Ltd, China Daily US and China Daily UK. It also maintains many bureaus and offices around the world, including its Washington DC office as well as New York, San Francisco, London and Brussel bureaus.

China Daily’s overseas companies are expanding their distribution networks and pushing forward close cooperation with other media companies abroad. They are making great strides in expanding the readership of China Daily’s US, Hong Kong, Asian and European editions, as well as its other publications.

The group has 23 printing locations overseas: Hong Kong, Washington，New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle, Atlanta, Boston, London, Brussels, Paris, , Frankfurt, Madrid, Charleroi, Jakarta, Bangkok, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore ,Dubai and New Delhi.

Global communication with mainstream media

China Daily uses its strengths in networks, brand and resources to cooperate and exchange with mainstream media around the world. These include The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and Time Magazine in the United States, Globe and Mail in Canada, Le Figaro in France, and Financial Times and Guardian in the United Kingdom. It also exchanges stories and photos with such news agencies as Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Bloomberg.

Key role in Asia News Network

Asia News Network (ANN) consists of 21 mainstream news organizations in 19 Asian nations and regions. China Daily is one of the founding members of ANN and its only media member on the Chinese mainland. China Daily plays a key role in ANN, exchanges stories and people with mainstream English media in other parts of Asia, organizes events and operates its Asia News Photo website.

Brand events of China Daily

China Daily has been building a platform for effective global communication by hosting such branding events as the Beijing-Tokyo Forum, the 21st Century National English Speaking Competition, the CEO Roundtable, the Changing Asia-Asia Press Photo Competition, the University Cartoon Competition on Environmental Protection and the “100 Photographers’ Focus” album series. Consequently, its influence has continued to gain momentum.

Beijing-Tokyo Forum

Founded in 2005, the Beijing-Tokyo Forum is an annual large-scale international symposium jointly sponsored by China Daily and Genron NPO, a Japanese non-profit organization. It aims to provide a non-governmental exchange platform and improve China-Japan ties through public opinion polls and high-level dialogues. It has become the highest-level public diplomacy communication platform between China and Japan.

Changing Asia - Asia Press Photo Competition

Initiated by China Daily and the Asia News Network in 2006, the international photo contest focusing on the continent is held annually and attracts photographers from Asia and countries in other regions, such as the United States and the United Kingdom.

University Cartoon Competition on Environmental Protection

The University Cartoon Competition on Environmental Protection, launched by Newscartoon in 2006, is an annual international competition for college students. Its participants include the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature and other international environmental and cartoon organizations, as well as students from colleges and universities around the world.

The 21st Century National English Speaking Competition

Started by the China Daily 21st Century English Newspaper Series in 1996, it is the most prestigious English-speaking contest in China. It is also the qualifying contest for the annual International Public Speaking Competition in London.

The “100 Photographers’ Focus”

China Daily has published six “100” news photo albums since 2003. The albums are about important events, including the SARS health challenge, the disastrous blizzard in early 2008, the May 12 Sichuan earthquake, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. The “100 Photographers’ Focus” series has become a well-known brand.