Jiefang Daily, also translated as Liberation Daily, is the official daily newspaper of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Shanghai-based paper began publication in 1949, adopting the name of the Yan'an-based CCP newspaper which had ceased publication two years earlier.
History
Jiefang Daily (Liberation Daily) was published in Yan'an beginning on 16 May 1941. It published the famous editorial Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China.[1] Mao Zedong provided regular instruction for the paper's operations and also contributed articles and essays for publication in it.[2]
During the editorial tenure of Lu Dingyi, Jiefang Daily increased its focus on promulgating CCP policies.[2] Because the CCP relied on grassroots cadre to communicate its messages to the masses at a time when literacy was still limited, the newspaper used simple and direct language.[2]