Beijing, 24 May 2006: China Daily, the country's only national English
language daily newspaper, will celebrate its 25th anniversary at the Grand Hyatt
Beijing on May 31, 2006.
Zhu
Ling, the editor-in-chief of China Daily.
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According to the organizing committee for the celebration, more than 400
delegates have registered to attend the by-invitation-only event.
As an eye-witness of China's rapid development since the reform and
opening-up policy introduced in 1978, China Daily is regarded as one of the
country's most definitive English language media.
According to Zhu Ling, editor-in-chief of China Daily, the only member in the
Asia News Network (ANN) representing China, a news photo website serving Asian
readers and a photo contest has been launched. As China's leading student
newspaper with a circulation of over 1.5 million copies per issue, the 21st
Century series also organized an English-speaking contest in Macao. The newly
reformatted Beijing Weekend, the most-read weekender designed for foreign
diplomats and expatriates, has launched a special column on foreign diplomats
and expatriates living in China.
As another major event, the China Daily CEO Roundtable International Summit
on the Yangtze River Delta Development, will be held in Ningbo, Zhejiang
Province, to better serve local economic development and co-operation with large
multinational.
Launched in 1981, China Daily, being the "Window to China", continuously
strives to expand and upgrade its contents and publications to reach out to a
wider range of readers and age groups at home and abroad.
China Daily also runs China Daily Hong Kong Edition, China Business Weekly,
Reports from China, Beijing Weekend, Shanghai Star, China Daily website
(www.chinadaily.com.cn) and the 21st Century Education kids, junior, senior and
college editions.
