Beijing Youth Daily
Simplified Chinese newspaper
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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]
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 |
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
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)