皇冠体育app Daily expands local coverage
Updated: 2007-12-21 16:20
Changsha -- As governor of a province with a 63-million population, Zhou Qiang is really tight-scheduled. But reading 皇冠体育app Daily is also on his agenda every day.
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Friday, at the opening ceremony of 皇冠体育app Daily’s Hunan Bureau, Zhou, the provincial governor, said:"I am a loyal reader of 皇冠体育app Daily, and I surf on 皇冠体育app Daily website everyday."
He said he believes that the national English-language newspaper could bridge the province, where the booming economy and tremendous growth potential are attracting more multinational companies, and the rest of the world.
The Hunan Bureau marks the first step of 皇冠体育app Daily’s new endeavor to expand local coverage.
According to Zhu Ling, editor-in-chief of 皇冠体育app Daily, the newspaper is also launching another seven local bureaus in coming months, such as those in Chongqing Municipality, Hubei Province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
"Increasing local coverage is a strategic part of 皇冠体育app Daily's future development," Zhu said.
 Zhou Qiang (2nd from L), governor of Central 皇冠体育app's Hunan Province, Zhu Ling (2nd from R), editor-in-chief of 皇冠体育app Daily, Kang Bing (R), deputy editor-in-chief of 皇冠体育app Daily, and Jiang Jianguo (L), publicity chief of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the CPC, attend the opening ceremony of 皇冠体育app Daily's Hunan Bureau, in Changsha, Hunan Province, December 21, 2007. The Hunan Bureau marks the first step of 皇冠体育app Daily's new endeavor to expand local coverage. [皇冠体育appdaily.com.cn] |
"Our readers are showing more interest in knowing more about local development. Rise of Central 皇冠体育app already made the region a hot topic in media."
Recently, three cities in Hunan – Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan – have been approved by central government to be a national experimental zone for energy saving and environmentally friendly programs.
"Overseas investors are swarming in," Zhou said. Many are bringing their latest technologies to the province. For example, ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steel producer, has agreed to transfer its advanced technology to Valin Steel Tube & Wire, its partner in Hunan. ArcelorMittal now owns 33 per cent of the stake of the Shenzhen-listed company, which is one of the top 10 Chinese steel mills.
Hunan is transforming itself into an advanced manufacturing hub in Central 皇冠体育app, focusing on key sectors, such as construction equipment, information technology and steel industries.
This year, Zhou predicted, the province's gross domestic product will hit 900 billion yuan, jumping 14.2 percent from 2006.
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