Economic Daily

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.

Economic Daily

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.ce.cn

As of September 2024^[update], the Media and Journalism Research Center evaluated the Economic Daily to be "State Controlled Media" under its State Media Matrix.^[1][2]

History

The newspaper was first published on 1 January 1983.^[3]

In 1984, Deng Xiaoping wrote an inscription for the Economic Daily.^[4]

In March 2018, Economic Daily won the Third National Top 100 Newspapers in China.^[5][6]

In October 2020, the United States Department of State designated the Economic Daily as a foreign mission of China.^[7][8]

Hoax

Main article: Hongcheng Magic Liquid

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).^[9] The article, written by Economic Daily reporters Wu Hongbo (吴红博) and Liu Donghua (刘东华),^[10] 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.^[11][12] However, the water-to-gasoline technology (水变油技术) was later deemed a hoax and pseudoscience,^[13] and in 1998, its initiator, Wang Hongcheng, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.^[14]

Organization

The Economic Daily is published by the Economic Daily News Agency, a deputy-ministerial-level institution.^[15] It is managed by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.^[16]

References

1. "Economic Daily". State Media Monitor. Media and Journalism Research Center. September 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
2. "Typology". State Media Monitor. Media and Journalism Research Center. May 25, 2022. Archived from the original on January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
3. China Publishing Yearbook, Volume 2008. Commercial Press. 2008. pp. 620–.
4. "经济日报". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
5. "第三届全国"百强报刊"公布 这份名单是怎么产生的". People's Daily (in Chinese). 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
6. "第三届全国"百强报刊" 推荐结果出炉". Xinhua (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-02-06.
7. "Pompeo says U.S. designates six more Chinese media firms as foreign missions". Reuters. 2020-10-21. Archived from the original on 2021-01-09. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
8. "Designation of Additional PRC Propaganda Outlets as Foreign Missions". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
9. Yu Qiao; Yang Zi (1993). China Under the Rampage. Sichuan University Press. pp. 248–. ISBN 978-7-5614-0836-0.
10. Liu Huajie (2004). Chinese Science: From the Perspective of Philosophy and Sociology. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. ISBN 978-7-313-03597-4.
11. "China's Fifth Greatest Invention After the Establishment of the Chinese Communist Party Is Actually a Hoax". Duowei News. 2016-08-31. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
12. "A Chinese farce that lasted more than ten years". Duowei News. 2019-04-27. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
13. "Originating from the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, Hawking's enemies in China". Duowei News. 2016-04-14. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
14. Weiping Sun; Mingcang Zhang (25 August 2015). The "New Culture": From a Modern Perspective. Springer. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-3-662-48011-3.
15. "Decoding Chinese Politics: Party Center". Asia Society. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
16. "《经济日报》". China Daily. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2022-07-10.

External links

• Official website