Starting point for next stage of journey telling China's story

In a congratulatory letter expressing his warm greetings on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the newspaper's founding, President Xi Jinping pointed to the important role China Daily has played in making the voice of China heard over the past four decades.

Launched on June 1, 1981, as the national English-language newspaper, China Daily has grown to be a multimedia organization enabling more than 350 million readers and viewers around the world to better understand China.

Over the past four decades, thanks to the hard work and dedication of generations of employees from home and abroad and its willingness to embrace new technologies, China Daily is recognized as the authoritative voice of China and has become a well-known name.