Hengyang Daily

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Hengyang Daily
TypeDaily newspaper
PublisherHengyang Daily Agency
FoundedOctober 16, 1949[1]
Political alignmentCommunism
Socialism with Chinese characteristics
LanguageChinese
HeadquartersHengyang, Hunan
OCLC number123257207
Websitehyqss.cn[2]

Hengyang Daily (Chinese: 衡阳日报), also known as Hengyang Ribao,[3] is a simplified Chinese newspaper published in the People's Republic of China, [4] it is the organ newspaper of the Hengyang Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[5] The newspaper is sponsored by the Hengyang Municipal Party Committee of CCP, [6] first published on October 16, 1949,[7] and its predecessor was Hengyang News (衡阳新闻).[8]

History[edit]

On 8 October 1949, the Chinese Communist Party took over Hengyang, and on 12 October, the Hengyang Military Control Commission (衡阳市军事管制委员会) was established, [9] which took over China Times (中华时报), a newspaper run by the Central Club of the Kuomintang, and Dasheng Daily (大声日报), an organ of the Hengyang Kuomintang Party Headquarters (国民党党部), and on 16 October, on their basis, the commission launched Hengyang News as the organ of the Hengyang Military Control Commission.[10]

In February 1959, Hengyang News was renamed as Hengyang Daily. [11] In 1963, it became the organ newspaper of the Hengyang Municipal Committee of the CCP.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gazetteer of Hunan Province, Volume 20, Issue 2. Hunan Publishing House. 1959. pp. 303-.
  2. ^ "China Core Newspapers Full-text Database:Hengyang Daily". CNKI. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ^ Peter Gries; Stanley Rosen (28 January 2010). Chinese Politics: State, Society and the Market. Routledge. pp. 107–. ISBN 978-1-135-14999-4.
  4. ^ United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1969). Daily Report: People's Republic of China. National Technical Information Service.
  5. ^ Journalism in Contemporary China. Contemporary China Publishing House. 1997. pp. 380-.
  6. ^ China Journalism Yearbook. People's Daily Press. 2004. pp. 572-.
  7. ^ China Journalism Yearbook. People's Daily Press. 1995. pp. 712-.
  8. ^ Gazetteer of News Publication. Hunan Publishing House. 1991. pp. 303-.
  9. ^ Data on the Organizational History of the Communist Party of China in Hengyang, Hunan Province, 1921-1987. 1989. pp. 121-.
  10. ^ First issues of Chinese newspaper, Volume 3. People's Daily Press. 2001. pp. 98-. ISBN 978-7-80153-387-6.
  11. ^ Hu Deren (1986). Complete Works of Chinese Newspapers. People's Post and Telecommunication Press. pp. 24-.
  12. ^ Zhu Hanguo (1992). Dictionary of Chinese newspapers and periodicals, 1815-1949. Shuhai Publishing House. pp. 431-.