Wenhui Daily is a large-scale general
newspaper in China. Initiated by Yan Baoli, the newspaper started publication on
January 25, 1938 in Shanghai.
The newspaper's primary readership covers
general readers, especially intellectuals, mainly from East China. Published
since 1938, the paper is a comprehensive one reporting on social and economic
news and events. Its major task is to give publicity to the Party's guidelines
and policies on cultural education. Wenhui Daily is circulated nationwide and 36
countries and regions in the world. Its daily circulation was 1.32 million as of
1988.
Besides the daily newspaper, Wenhui Daily
also published Wenhui Readers' Weekly (Wenhui Dushu Zhoubao) and Wenhui Monthly
(Wenhui Yuekan), and jointly published Wenhui Movie Times (Wenhui Dianying
Shibao) with China Movie Review Academy; launched the Wenhui Publishing House
and the Wenhui Science and Technology Consulting Co. Wenhui Daily has
representative offices in the cities of Beijing, Tianjin and Guangzhou, reporter
stations in the cities of Hangzhou and Nanjing, and reporters resident in
countries like the United States, Japan, France, Mexico, the Philippines and
Nepal, and the United Nation as well.