 Cover of Beijing Youth Daily on 16 August 2013 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China |
| Publisher | Beijing Youth Daily Agency |
| Editor-in-chief | Yu Haibo |
| Founded | March 21, 1949 |
| Political alignment | Chinese Communist Party |
| Language | Chinese (simplified) |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Circulation | 650,000 (2000) |
| OCLC number | 144518975 |
| Website | bjyouth.ynet.cn  |
Beijing Youth Daily (Abbreviation: BYD,[1] simplified Chinese: 北京青年报; traditional Chinese: 北京青年報; pinyin: Běijīng qīngnián bào) is the official newspaper of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China.[2]
Beijing Youth Daily was launched on 21 March 1949,[3] and is now published by the Beijing Youth Daily Agency (北京青年报社).[4] It is the most widely circulated metropolitan newspaper in Beijing.[5]
Beijing Youth Daily has halted production three times in its history. It has been published since 1981.
It is assigned the Chinese Issue Number (统一刊号; tǒngyī kānhào) CN11-0103.
Publication
[edit]The daily typically publishes about 50 broadsheet pages per day. In addition to its flagship Beijing Youth Daily, the media group publishes nine other newspapers:
- Legal Evening News (法制晚报; fǎzhì wǎnbào)
- First Financial Daily (第一财经日报; dìyī cáijīng rìbào)
- Hebei Youth Daily (河北青年报; héběi qīngnián bào)
- Beijing Science and Technology News (北京科技报; běijīng kējì bào)
- Youth Weekend (青年周末; qīngnián zhōumò)
- Beijing Today (今日北京; jīnrì běijīng)
- Middle School Times (中学时事报; zhōngxué shíshì bào)
- Beijing Children's Daily (北京少年报; běijīng shàonián bào)
- Top Horizon (TOP时空; TOP shíkōng)
- Beijing Youth Weekly (北京青年周刊; běijīng qīngnián zhōukān)
As well as four magazines:
- CéCi Sisters (CéCi姐妹; céci jiěmèi)
- Casual Fashion (休闲时尚; xiūxián shíshàng)
- News Mirror (时事魔镜; shíshì mójìng)
- Campus Report 39.2° (校园报告39度2; xiàoyuán bàogào jiǔshí dù èr)
History
[edit]On December 22, 2004, Beijing Media Corporation Limited (北青传媒股份有限公司), under Beijing Youth Daily Holdings, listed its H-shares in Hong Kong,[6] becoming the first mainland Chinese media company to be publicly traded overseas.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ A. Hadland (5 May 2015). Media-State Relations in Emerging Democracies. Springer. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-1-137-49349-1.
- ^ Qiu Jin; Yao Wang (1991). The Dictionary of the Work of the Communist Youth League of China. Beijing Yanshan Publishing House. pp. 381–. ISBN 978-7-5402-0275-0.
- ^ Fifty Years of New China Media (1949-1999). China Journalism Yearbook Press. 2000. pp. 212–.
- ^ "Beijing Youth Daily". WorldCat. OCLC 144518975.
- ^ Sherry S. Yu; Matthew D. Matsaganis (7 December 2018). Ethnic Media in the Digital Age. Routledge. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-1-351-04529-2.
- ^ Shixin Ivy Zhang (2 April 2014). Impact of Globalization on the Local Press in China: A Case Study of the Beijing Youth Daily. Lexington Books. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-0-7391-8464-6.
- ^ 2004-2005: China Media Industry Development Report. Social Sciences Literature Press. 2005. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-7-80190-626-7.