(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-04-18 21:12

China Daily on Friday signed a strategic partnership agreement with Sohu.com – one of the country's largest Web portals – on coverage of the Olympics.

Sohu.com, which is the official sponsor of Internet content services for the Games, built and operates the official website of the Beijing Olympic committee – www.beijing2008.com.

Zhu Ling (L), editor-in-chief of China Daily, and Zhang Chaoyang (Charles Zhang), chairman and chief executive officer of Sohu.com, attend the press conference for a strategic partnership agreement between the two sides on coverage of the Olympics in Beijing on Friday April 18, 2008. [China Daily]

China Daily, which is the country's only national English-language newspaper, will produce the official newspapers for the Olympics and Paralympics, as well as publishing Olympic and Paralympic Village papers.

Zhu Ling, editor-in-chief of China Daily, said: "Through this partnership we will be able to offer the best content and service to a global audience eager to know about the Beijing Games."

"We want to show our readers the glory and the dream of the Olympic Movement with faster and stronger content, in line with the Olympic drive for excellence," he said.

Zhang Chaoyang (Charles Zhang), chairman and chief executive officer of Sohu.com, said as the powerhouse behind the official website of the Games, the company was delighted to be working with China Daily to "tell the stories of a successful Olympics".

The official website is currently available in English, French and Chinese, with Spanish and Arabic versions coming ahead of the Games in August, Zhang said.

As well as coverage of the Olympics, the two organizations have agreed to cooperate on news reporting and to share more content.

Under the agreement, China Daily will provide more news stories to Sohu.com, which in turn will provide the "voice" of China's online community.

China Daily will increase the size of The Olympian – its weekly Olympic magazine – to 48 pages on the approach to the Olympics and Paralympics, Zhu said.

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