The Economic Daily (Chinese: 经济日报) is a Chinese state-owned newspaper focusing on economic reports. Founded in Beijing on January 1, 1983, the newspaper is managed by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Founder(s) | State Council |
| Publisher | Economic Daily News Agency |
| Founded | January 1, 1983 |
| Political alignment | Chinese Communist Party |
| Language | Chinese |
| Headquarters | 2 Baizhifang East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing |
| Website | www |
History
The newspaper was first published on 1 January 1983.[1]
In 1984, Deng Xiaoping wrote an inscription for the Economic Daily.[2]
In October 2020, the United States Department of State designated the Economic Daily as a foreign mission of China.[3][4]
Hoax
On January 28, 1993, Economic Daily published an article entitled Can Water Really Become Gasoline? —— A Record of Private Entrepreneur Wang Hongcheng and His Invention (水真能变成油吗?——记民营企业家王洪成与他的发明).[5] The article, written by Economic Daily reporters Wu Hongbo (吴红博) and Liu Donghua (刘东华),[6] praised the "invention" of Wang Hongcheng (王洪成) for transforming water into gasoline as "China's fifth greatest invention" (中国第五大发明) after the traditional Four Great Inventions.[7][8] However, the water-to-gasoline technology (水变油技术) was later deemed a hoax and pseudoscience,[9] and in 1998, its initiator, Wang Hongcheng, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.[10]
Organization
The Economic Daily is published by the Economic Daily News Agency, a deputy-ministerial-level institution.[11] It is managed by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.[12]
References
External links
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