Xi congratulates Ta Kung Pao on its 120th anniversary

HONG KONG, June 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese language President Xi Jinping on Sunday despatched a congratulatory letter to Ta Kung Pao, one of many oldest Chinese language language newspapers based mostly in Hong Kong, on the a hundred and twentieth anniversary of its founding.

Within the letter, Xi, additionally common secretary of the Communist Get together of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Army Fee, urged the newspaper to hold ahead its patriotic traditions, pursue revolutionary growth and write much more splendid chapters of the regular and sustained implementation of “one nation, two programs.”

For over a century, Ta Kung Pao has performed an energetic function within the constructing of New China, the reform and opening-up and modernization, Xi mentioned, including that the newspaper has additionally performed an energetic function in Hong Kong’s return to the motherland in addition to in sustaining Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability.

Within the new period, Ta Kung Pao unequivocally despatched out optimistic notes and helped forge social consensus, thus contributing to sustaining Hong Kong’s stability, enhancing exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland, and forming a more in-depth emotional bond of Hong Kong residents with the motherland, he mentioned.

Xi referred to as on the newspaper to proceed to develop its affect, and contribute extra to the conclusion of the Chinese language Dream of nationwide rejuvenation.

The letter was learn at a ceremony held in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon to mark the newspaper’s founding anniversary.

The newspaper, based on June 17, 1902, is the oldest Chinese language-language newspaper nonetheless in circulation on the planet.

In 2016, it was merged into Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group and has since accelerated its built-in growth to type an all-media community based mostly in Hong Kong with an intention of serving Chinese language readers throughout the globe.