West China City Daily
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Sichuan Daily Newspaper Industry Group
PublisherWest China City Daily Agency
Founded1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)[1]
LanguageSimplified Chinese
HeadquartersChengdu[2]
OCLC number144519329
Websitewccdaily.com.cn

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

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 translations.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Ren, Yuanyuan (2017). 都市报转型与媒介价值重构 [Metropolitan Newspaper Transformation and Media Value Reconstruction] (in Chinese). Communication University of China Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-7-5657-1900-4.
  2. ↑ McConville, Michael; Pils, Eva, eds. (2013). Comparative Perspectives on Criminal Justice in China. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 374. ISBN 978-1-78195-586-4.
  3. ↑ Mangan, J. A.; Dyreson, Mark (2019). Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised. Routledge. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-135-71279-2.
  4. ↑ Jiang, Jie; Liang, Jun, eds. (11 August 2016). "13-year-old boy sets woman on fire, sparks debate over age of criminal responsibility". People's Daily. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Lee, Chin-Chuan, ed. (2004). Chinese Media, Global Contexts. Routledge. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-203-40229-0. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Zhao, Dan, ed. (4 November 2016). "《华西都市报》打造双品牌 "双引擎"驱动媒体融合" (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "《华西都市报》总编刘为民作客新浪聊天实录". Sina Finance (in Chinese). 21 August 2003. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. ↑ 编辑之友, Issues 7–12 [Friends of Editors, Issues 7–12] (in Chinese). Shanxi People's Publishing House. 2009. p. 108.
  9. ↑ Chen, Ge (2017). Copyright and International Negotiations: An Engine of Free Expression in China?. Cambridge University Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-107-16345-4.
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