Zhejiang Daily Press Group

Main Building of Zhejiang Daily Press Group in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Zhejiang Daily Press Group (Chinese: 浙江日报报业集团), abbreviated as ZDPG (Chinese: 浙报传媒), is a newspaper conglomerate in the People's Republic of China, established on June 25, 2000, with ZJNG Media Holding Group incorporated in 2009. The Group currently comprises 33 traditional media outlets, over 300 new media platforms, 5 million traditional media readers, and 660 million registered users (including more than 50 million active users and 30 million mobile users). It encompasses 135 independent legal entities (including over 60 wholly-owned and holding subsidiaries) across various sectors such as media, capital operations, real estate, printing, logistics, high technology, and logistics management.^[1] The company's flagship publication is the Zhejiang Daily, the official organ of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[2]

History

In September 2011, Zhejiang Media Group Co., Ltd (SSE: 600633) was publicly listed, marking it as the first listed newspaper group in China and the first publicly traded state-owned cultural firm in Zhejiang Province.^[3][4]

In January 2013, ZheJiang Media Group obtained whole equity interests in Hangzhou Bianfeng and Shanghai Haofang for 3.19 billion yuan.^[5] In 2016, ZheJiang Media Group raised 2 billion yuan through a fixed-price scheme for the development of an Internet data center and a large data trading center project. In 2017, Zhejiang Daily Press Group secured 2 billion yuan through the divestiture of its news and media assets to its controlling shareholder, ZJMG Holdings. In the 2016 ranking of national newspaper publishing groups, Zhejiang Daily Press Group secured the second position, trailing only Shanghai United Media Group.^[6] In 2018, it ascended to the foremost position.^[7]

References

1. "浙报传媒控股集团有限公司". 中国经济网 (in Chinese). 2019-10-29. Archived from the original on 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
2. 中国新闻图史 (in Chinese). 南方日报出版社. 2002. p. 233. ISBN 978-7-80652-048-2. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
3. "浙报传媒上市三年的实践与探索". media.people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
4. "浙报传媒集团股份有限公司在A股成功上市 上市开盘价为11.99 元/股". ZJOL (in Chinese). 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
5. "浙报传媒等传统报业开启收购大幕，重点解决成长性难题". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
6. "裘新：报业昔日风华、今朝涅槃，皆为光辉岁月". 界面新闻. 2018-02-28. Archived from the original on 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
7. "国家新闻出版署发布分析报告 深圳报业集团综合评价位列第七". 深圳新闻网. Archived from the original on 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2019-10-08.

External links

• Official website