{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Information Times<br/>信息时报 | image = | motto = {{lang-zh|s=《通达民情 • 生活至上》|labels=no}} | type = Daily newspaper | format = Tabloid | owner = Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group | founder = <!-- or |founders= --> | publisher = | president = | founded = {{Start date and age|1985}} | language = Chinese | headquarters = Huimei Business Center,<br/>No.83 Guangzhou Nan Boulevard,<br/>Haizhu District | publishing_city = Guangzhou, Guangdong Province | publishing_country = China | circulation = 1,570,000 | circulation_date = 2014 | circulation_ref = <ref name="wanifra"/> | readership = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | oclc = 144518437 | RNI = | website = {{URL|http://epaper.xxsb.com/}} {{in lang|zh}} | price = 1 Chinese Yuan | free = }} {{Infobox Chinese|order=st|s=信息时报|t=信息時報|p=Xìnxī Shíbào}}
The '''''Information Times''''' ({{lang-zh|s=信息时报|p=Xìnxī Shíbào}}) is a daily Chinese-language newspaper published under the Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group. The ''Information Times'' was founded in 1985 and is currently published in Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, China.
==History== The ''Information Times'' was initially founded in 1985 as a daily financial newspaper. On May 15, 2001, The Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group invested in an update to the paper, making it more comprehensive. Further revisions in the next few years saw the paper focus more on coverage of city news.<ref name="intro"/> Several events were planned to celebrate these revisions: *June 2002: The Beijing–Guangzhou Railway was temporarily renamed the ''Information Times Line'', and free newspapers were given to passengers.<ref>{{cite news|date=2006-03-20 |script-title=zh:组图：信息时报冠名的广州至北京列车 |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2005-03-19/15376133562.shtml |language=zh |publisher=Sina Corp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160703000609/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2005-03-19/15376133562.shtml |archive-date=July 3, 2016 |access-date=2016-07-03 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> *January 2003: A luxury river boat was renamed the ''Information Times Line'' in honor of the newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|date=2006-03-20 |script-title=zh:组图：信息时报冠名的珠江日夜游豪华游轮 |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2005-03-19/15406133569.shtml |language=zh |publisher=Sina Corp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160703000333/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2005-03-19/15406133569.shtml |archive-date=July 3, 2016 |access-date=2016-07-03 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
In 2006, the newspaper became the largest-selling tabloid newspaper in Guangzhou.<ref name="intro">{{cite news|date=2006-03-20 |script-title=zh:《信息时报》简介 |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-03-20/18209396182.shtml |language=zh |publisher=Sina Corp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101163559/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-03-20/18209396182.shtml |archive-date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=2016-07-02 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
In 2014, the ''Information Times'' was the 33rd most circulated daily newspaper in the world and 8th in China according to WAN-IFRA's World Press Trends Report.<ref name="wanifra">{{cite journal| last1 = Milosevic| first1 = Mira| last2 = Chisholm| first2 = Jim| last3 = Kilman| first3 = Larry| last4 = Henriksson| first4 = Teemu| date = 2014| title = World Press Trends 2014| location = Paris| publisher = WAN-IFRA}}</ref>
==Format== *Section A: Political News and Commentary *Section B: Finance *Section C: Special Features *Section D: Entertainment and Lifestyle
==See also== {{Portal|China|Journalism}} * List of newspapers in the People's Republic of China * Media of the People's Republic of China
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==External links== * [http://epaper.xxsb.com/ Information Times Online Version] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714025546/http://epaper.xxsb.com/ |date=July 14, 2017 }} (in Chinese)
Category:1985 establishments in China Category:Chinese-language newspapers (Simplified Chinese) Category:Newspapers established in 1985 Category:Mass media in Guangzhou