"Beijing Daily" Birth of the Daily · 3 丨 Chairman Mao once wrote three times

Source: Beijing Daily

On October 1, 2022, on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the New China, the Beijing Daily will usher in the 70th anniversary of the pioneering journal.

From the first party newspaper "People's Daily" (Peiping Edition) after the liberation of Peiping, to the "Tibetan Prade of the Metropolis" for readers; The Beijing Municipal Party Committee was named "Beijing Evening News", and the story before the "Beijing Daily" was officially born.

Earlier reports:

"Beijing Daily" Birth Record · 1 丨 Our "Prehistoric History"

"Beijing Daily" Birth of the Birth · 2 丨 The Organ Newspaper of the Municipal Party Committee was named ——

Today, let's tell the story of "Beijing Daily".

Chairman Mao's inscription

In May 1952, Zhou You took all the staff of the preparatory office to No. 125, Suzhou Hutong, and moved to the site of Xinmin News Agency, No. 72, Xichang'an Street. While taking over the "Xinmin Daily", they continued to "practice" and began to conduct a trial version of "Beijing Daily".

At that time, the specific time for the "Beijing Daily" was not determined, but everyone knew that time was already tense. On April 14, as the head of the preparatory office, Zhou You wrote to Peng Zhen, who was in the field. He said in the letter that it was originally scheduled to be launched on May 1st. For the time of time, comrades of the editorial department heard the news on May 1st, and once said, "We are long -term preparations and rushing to fight." The letter also hoped that Peng Zhen would invite Chairman Mao Zedong to write a report on the Beijing Daily.

The next day, Peng Zhen instructed on the letter from Zhouyou, "You can ask the chairman to write it. Do not wait for the newspaper publishing. As for the" Ying Battle ", it is always necessary to run a newspaper. Ready to be sure. "The instruction also said," Please consider the date of publishing. "

Later, the pioneering date was set on June 1. On May 24th, the "Beijing Daily" wrote to Chairman Mao Zedong's request to write a letter to write a report that "Beijing Daily is ready to be launched on June 1," "I urge the chairman to be in the busy time, draw time to give it to the time to draw it to give it to the time. The four words are written in newspapers. If possible, I hope that the question will be better before May 27. The Beijing Daily News Agency, No. 72 Xichang'an Street, Beijing. "On the same day, Chairman Mao wrote to the Beijing Daily. Newspaper. Unfortunately, on June 1, newspapers were still not mature enough.

On May 24, 1952, Comrade Mao Zedong wrote the first inscription of "Beijing Daily".

At the end of August, the preparatory office ushered in Fan Jin, the deputy minister of the Propaganda Department and the editor -in -chief of the Tianjin Daily of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee at the time. Fan Jin went to Yan'an to participate in the revolution in 1937. The next year, at the age of 19, she joined the Eighth Route Army General Political Department's frontline reporter group. From then on, wherever the troops were opened with a pen and an interview, where did the troops open, where she followed, marched all the way, interviewed all the way, and wrote a lot of wonderful battlefield reports.

In December 1948, when the PLA surrounded Tianjin, the young senior news female soldiers were ordered to come to the Tianjin Daily. Tianjin is a big city that is about to be liberated by our party. Fan Jin, the chief editor, did a lot of pioneering work for this. On January 15, 1949, Tianjin Jiefang, two days later, on 17th, the "Tianjin Daily" was released.

Today, Fan Jin has the heavy responsibility again. As the first president of the Beijing Daily, she and Zhou You, the deputy president and editor -in -chief, presided over the preparation of the Beijing Daily.

Compared with other staff members of the preparatory office, Fan Jin did not come early, but her talents and approachables quickly conquered the colleagues of the newspaper.

Speaking of President Fan Jin, one of the earliest art journalists in Beijing Daily, and the news cartoonist Li Binsheng was full of feelings. He said: "Comrade Fan Jin personally attended the evaluation meeting every Monday. Everyone calls the "Comrade" equally. "She clearly remembered the characteristics of many reporters edited. A reporter always liked to ask himself to answer himself. He became nicknamed "Starting from the beginning". Once, Comrade Liu Ren, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, met Li Binsheng, and affirmed a few comics he had seen, and encouraged him. Li Binsheng was flattered. For a moment, he said that he had to strengthen his learning, "learning, learning, and learning." When Fan Jin heard of the matter, he made a humorous nickname "Re -learning".

At the end of September, the formal publication of the Beijing Daily finally entered the countdown. From September 27th to 29th, the Xinmin Daily published the initiative of the Beijing Daily and the final issue of the Beijing Xinmin Daily. According to the notice, the Xinmin Daily will be released on September 29, 1952, and the Beijing Daily will be launched on October 1, 1952.

Beijing people's newspapers

Near the innovation, the work of the preparatory office is becoming more and more tense. Until a few days before the innovation, the editor -in -chief of the front line was constantly modifying the work preparing to see the newspaper, and the types of typography of the factory were too busy to the ground. In addition to the normal publication of the "Xinmin Daily", Also cooperate with the trial version.

"Sometimes the trial version sometimes once a day, sometimes twice a day, seven or eight types of trial version before and after, and once or twice, so our factory -especially the type workshop, almost day and night, the axis is connected to the axle, and the axis is connected to the night. It wasn't until the 29th before get off work. On the evening of the 29th, he began to devote himself to the preparations for the National Day reporting. "Zhou Qixiang recalled to reporters," At that time, I was still working on a trade union to complete the publication of the "Xinmin people. "Newspaper" and the trial issue, also organize the parade on the day of the National Day, and did not sleep for almost two days. "Although people were sleepy, everyone was excited. On the third anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee's newspaper "Beijing Daily" is finally going to meet with the citizens!

On October 1, 1952, the "Beijing Daily" was launched.

"Beijing Daily" Pioneer Number

The bright red report was inscribed by Mao Zedong. The three sets of red traditional Chinese characters in the "Pioneer" are located below the head of the newspaper, and the font size is not large. Under the words "Pioneer", the address of the newspaper was created: No. 72, Chang'an Street, Beijing. The newspaper is priced at 600 yuan, which is equivalent to the new version of RMB 6 cents.

The 4 versions of the entire newspaper are vertical. The title of the first version of the column is the red traditional Chinese character slogan: "Celebrating the third anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China", and with a large photo of Mao Zedong and Sun Yat -sen, and the "People's Daily" editorial.

Liao Misha, who was at the lower end of the front page, was drafted by Liao Misha, who was the deputy minister of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and Peng Zhen, the secretary of the municipal party committee, made a manuscript. The publishing word indicates the nature and tasks of "Beijing Daily":

"Beijing Daily" is a newspaper from the people of Beijing. It is a newspaper under the leadership of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the leadership of the Beijing Municipal People's Government.

It will systematically publicize the guidelines and policies of the party and people's governments, and reports the political, economic, cultural, and municipal construction of the people of Beijing, especially the production construction, and reflect the opinions and requirements of the people.

Under the leadership of the party and people's governments, the Beijing Daily must be able to establish a close contact with the people of the Beijing people, so that it should take on the task of collective propagandists and organizers in the future construction cause.

The "Beijing Daily", which was just born, issued more than 30,000 copies, which doubled a year later to reach more than 70,000. After a lapse of seventy years, Zhou Qixiang was a centenarians. The scene on the day of the journal was still vivid: After the National Day celebration ceremony, the newspaper set two tables at the door and put a few newspapers. The crowds on the streets of Chang'an Street, the crowds came to the front of the table, scrambling, and wanted to see the style of the newly published "Beijing Daily". "After a while, a few newspapers will be grabbed, and I estimate that there will be about 10,000 copies."

In November 1952, the newspaper moved to the new site of No. 2 Chang'an Street.

As one of the pioneers, Zhou Qixiang felt slightly regrettable that due to the long -term media articles reprinted, the newspaper layout was limited, and the creation number failed to fully reflect the local characteristics. In fact, the leaders of the municipal party committee and the newspaper also noticed this. According to Fan Jin, at the beginning of the journal, there were few newspapers, long articles, and repeated more with the People's Daily. The locality was poor and separated from the masses. To this end, Peng Zhen personally convened the district and county bureaus and units in responsible comrades to meet.

At the meeting, Peng Zhen bluntly said that the problem of "Beijing Daily" during this period was "because of our" master '(city, district, and department responsible cadres). It ’s not good here, it’ s not good there, it ’s not good to pick faults, but must be responsible for the“ master ’, and the party runs newspapers.” He asked the city, district, and various departments to propose a report plan and list the topic, and send it to the editorial department of the newspaper. He also proposed to the newspaper, "To make a short article, don't have a stinky and long article, the text is shorter, it is not easy to arrange, you can engage in units." He asked each report to have characteristics. "Don't always always be The "Common Program" article and title, always the "eight -strand adjustment 'of the" Long March of the Long March ". To create, there is no life without creation."

The central leaders also gave special care to the Beijing Daily. Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai have made opinions on news reports, comics, sketches, short reviews, etc. published by the Beijing Daily, have praised and criticized. Comrade Liu Shaoqi came to the newspaper in person to summarize the ideological discussion.

On one occasion, Premier Zhou met with representatives who participated in the National Health Work Conference in the Great Hall of the People. At the beginning of the reception, Premier Zhou asked what news units were coming, and the staff answered: There are People's Daily, PLA, Guangming Daily ... Premier Zhou also asked: Did the Beijing Daily coming? The staff answered: No. Premier Zhou immediately stated: Why don't you invite people from Beijing Daily to participate in Beijing, please make up and make up. The meeting immediately notified the Beijing Daily. Since then, the Ministry of Health has set up an unwritten rule. Any meeting of news units held by the Ministry of Health invited Beijing Daily to send people to participate.

In 1952, Fan Jin spoke at all staff members of the newspaper.

Careful readers can see that compared with the currently used by the Beijing Daily, the head font of the creation number is significantly different. There is also a story here. As mentioned earlier, on May 24, 1952, Chairman Mao first wrote a report to the Beijing Daily for the first time. The head of the newspaper accompanied the Beijing Daily for 12 years. On July 29, 1964, President Fan Jin received a letter from Chairman Mao, who wrote in the letter:

The Beijing Daily is not good, and it should be replaced. I wrote two now, I wonder if it can be used? If you do not use it, return the rewriting. If you think it is available, it is appropriate to change it in National Day. salute! On July 29, 1964, Comrade Mao Zedong wrote to Comrade Fan Jin and wrote the second inscription of the Beijing Daily.

After receiving the letter from Chairman Mao, the staff members were excited. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fan Jin wrote to the chairman on behalf of the editorial board and all employees: The news that the Beijing Evening News is currently using is the word. Can you write a report for the Beijing Evening News?

On September 25, Chairman Mao wrote to the report not only wrote the report for the Beijing Evening News, but also rewritten one of the Beijing Daily for the selection of the newspaper. In the National Day in 1964, the new report of Chairman Mao's handbook was grandly opened in the Beijing Daily and has been in use to this day.

On September 25, 1964, Comrade Mao Zedong replied to Comrade Fan Jin, and the third time he wrote a report on the Beijing Daily, and at the same time wrote the "Beijing Evening News".

In the past, watching this dynasty, now the "Beijing Daily" stepped forward, and took a new range of integration and spread.

70 years of spring and autumn, more than 25,000 days and nights are alternately. It lights up on each night. It has a fragrance that emits every morning. Common memory. (Finish)

Edit: Zhu Tingting

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