Reference News

Reference News (Chinese: 参考消息; pinyin: Cānkǎo Xiāoxī) is a Chinese newspaper published by Xinhua News Agency. Founded in 1931, it is ranked 7th in the world by circulation and 1st in China.^[1][2]

Reference News

Publisher	Xinhua News Agency
Launched	7 November 1931; 93 years ago (1931-11-07)
Political alignment	Chinese Communist Party
Language	Chinese, Uyghur, Kazakh, Korean, and Mongolian
Country	China
Website	www.cankaoxiaoxi.com
Media of China List of newspapers

Reference News was first published on 7 November 1931.^[3] The early editions of the newspaper were published under different titles in Ruijin until it was renamed Reference News in 1942.^[4] It is published by Xinhua News Agency (formerly Red China News Agency, 1931–1937). As the Chinese government's official news agency, Xinhua translates and re-publishes articles by foreign news agencies. Before the 1980s, it was the only official channel for the Chinese public to have a glimpse of the outside world.^[5] The paper is also published in the Uyghur, Kazakh, Korean, and Mongolian languages for ethnic minority groups in China.

On 2 January 1985, Reference News was approved to cancel its "internal publication" designation and switched to public distribution.^[6][7]