Shenzhen Special Zone Daily

Shenzhen Special Zone Daily (Chinese: 深圳特区报),^[2] also known as Shenzhen Tequ Bao^[3] or Shenzhen Special Zone Post^[4] or Shenzhen Special Economic Zone News^[5] or Shenzhen SEZ News,^[6] is a simplified Chinese newspaper published in the People's Republic of China.^[7]

Shenzhen Special Zone Daily
深圳特区报

Type	Daily newspaper; state media
Owner(s)	Shenzhen Press Group
Publisher	Shenzhen Special Zone Daily Agency
Founded	May 24, 1982
Political alignment	Chinese Communist Party Socialism with Chinese characteristics
Language	Chinese[1]
Headquarters	Shenzhen
Website	sztqb.sznews.com

The newspaper, launched on May 24, 1982, is the official organ of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[8]

History

Shenzhen Special Zone Daily was inaugurated on May 24, 1982,^[9] and it is the first special zone newspaper in China.^[10]

On March 26, 1992, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily first published^[11] a long-form newsletter entitled "The East Wind Brings Spring all Around : An On-the-Spot Report on Comrade Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen"^[12] (东方风来满眼春——邓小平同志在深圳纪实). This report had a tremendous impact on Chinese society as a whole,^[13] and is a landmark article in the history of the Chinese economic reform period.^[14][15]