West China City Daily

West China City Daily [3] (Chinese: 华西都市报), or WCCD,[4] is a Chinese newspaper based in the City of Chengdu. It was launched on 1 January 1995 and is the first metropolis newspaper in the People's Republic of China.[5][6]

West China City Daily
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Sichuan Daily Newspaper Industry Group
PublisherWest China City Daily Agency
Founded1 January 1995[1]
LanguageSimplified Chinese
HeadquartersChengdu[2]
OCLC number144519329
Websitewccdaily.com.cn

The preparatory work for the establishment of West China City Daily began in early 1994,[7] and the publication was officially launched on New Year's Day in 1995. It was established by the Sichuan Daily Newspaper Industry Group (四川日报报业集团)[8] and is published by the West China City Daily Agency (华西都市报社).

It is also referred as West China Metropolis Daily in some English translation. [9]

References

  1. Ren Yuanyuan (1 February 2017). Metropolitan Newspaper Transformation and Media Value Reconstruction. Communication University of China Press. pp. 29-. ISBN 978-7-5657-1900-4.
  2. Michael McConville (1 January 2013). Comparative Perspectives on Criminal Justice in China. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 374–. ISBN 978-1-78195-586-4.
  3. J. A. Mangan; Mark Dyreson (3 May 2019). Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised. Routledge. pp. 274–. ISBN 978-1-135-71279-2.
  4. "13-year-old boy sets woman on fire, sparks debate over age of criminal responsibility". People's Daily. August 11, 2016.
  5. Lee Chin-Chuan (3 February 2004). Chinese Media, Global Contexts. Routledge. pp. 159–. ISBN 978-0-203-40229-0. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  6. "《华西都市报》打造双品牌 "双引擎"驱动媒体融合". Xinhuanet.com. 2016-11-04.
  7. "《华西都市报》总编刘为民作客新浪聊天实录". Sina.com.cn. 2003-08-21.
  8. Friends of Editors, Issues 7-12. Shanxi People's Publishing House. 2009.
  9. Ge Chen (18 May 2017). Copyright and International Negotiations: An Engine of Free Expression in China?. Cambridge University Press. pp. 245–. ISBN 978-1-107-16345-4.
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