The Qilu Evening News (simplified Chinese: 齐鲁晚报; traditional Chinese: 齊魯晚報; pinyin: Qílǔ Wǎnbào), based in Jinan, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, is a daily broadsheet newspaper. It is one of the most circulated newspapers in the world according to China Daily;[2][3] the newspaper has a circulation of 1.67 million, making it the fifth most widely circulated daily newspaper in China.[1]

Qilu Evening News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherDazhong Press Group
Founded1 January 1988
LanguageChinese
Circulation1.67 million[1]
OCLC number123259323
Websiteqlwb.com.cn

The Qilu Evening News was founded on 1 January 1988, and its masthead (logo in the case of the online edition) was written in Chinese calligraphy by former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.[1] It is currently published by Dazhong Press Group (Chinese: 大众报业集团), which as of 2011 published eleven other Chinese newspapers.[1] According to the company's official biography, its brand was worth 2.896 billion yuan (US$0.45 billion) in 2011.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c d Velker, Matt (31 October 2011). "Top 10 daily newspapers in China". China Internet Information Center. State Council Information Office. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  2. ^ "Innovation stands out in newspaper rankings". China Daily. 7 August 2006. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
  3. ^ China Knowledge Press Pte Ltd (2005). Branding in China: the media platforms reaching 1.3 billion consumers. China Knowledge Press. ISBN 978-981-4163-05-7.
  4. ^ "齐鲁晚报大事记" [Qilu Evening News History]. Qilu Evening News. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2016. 6月28日 由世界品牌实验室主办的2011年(第八届)世界品牌大会在北京召开,齐天大圣以28.96亿元品牌价值连续第7年上榜,品牌价值较去年增加11.06亿元,位次比2010年上长了46位。

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