BEIJING: President Xi Jinping has praised Ta Kung Pao, known as the oldest Chinese-language newspaper still in circulation in the world, for its role in serving the country and maintaining prosperity and stability in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, urging it to write a new chapter for national rejuvenation in the new era.
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark in a congratulatory message sent on Sunday to an event marking the 120th anniversary of the founding of the newspaper. The event was held in Hong Kong, where the newspaper has its headquarters.
Xi extended warm congratulations to the entire staff of the newspaper on the anniversary, saying that over the past century and more, Ta Kung Pao has been upholding its founding purpose of seeking the greater good for the public and serving the country with articles.
It has played a positive role in promoting the construction of New China, the nation’s reform and opening-up and modernization, as well as contributing to Hong Kong’s return to the motherland and maintaining the region’s prosperity and stability, he said.
In the new era, Xi said that the newspaper has voiced clear positive messages to build up consensus in society, and made contributions to safeguarding the social stability of Hong Kong, enhancing exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland and inspiring people’s love for Hong Kong and the motherland.
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
