People’s Daily
Source Passport
CN-M-00003-7
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- Legal name
- 人民日报社
- Country
- China
- Type
- Newspaper
- Founded
- 1948
- Editor-in-chief
- 于绍良 Yu Shaoliang (社长, president)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- Not yet
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
3 of 6 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not applicable
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
- State-owned
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Origin
Not yet verified
- Brand names Pending check
- 人民日报
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- 人民网 (People's Daily Online) data centre, 党史上的今天 6月15日 page, undated, read 2026-10-20 (人民日报 founded 15 June 1948 in Liangzhuang, Pingshan County, Hebei, as organ of the CCP North China Bureau; on 1 August 1949 the CCP Central Committee made it its organ newspaper)
- 人民论坛网 (人民日报社人民论坛杂志社), article by 于绍良, 26 March 2026, read 2026-10-20 (byline 人民日报社社长 于绍良)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type 中国共产党中央委员会 (Central Committee of the Communist Party of China) Direct Other - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Parent group Pending check
- 中国共产党中央委员会 (CCP Central Committee) (人民日报 is its organ newspaper, 中央委员会机关报, since 1 August 1949)
2 sources
- 人民网 (People's Daily Online) data centre, 6月15日 page, read 2026-10-20 (中共中央决定将《人民日报》转为中国共产党中央委员会机关报, 1 August 1949)
- 人民网股份有限公司 2025年第三季度报告 (SSE 603000), board date 29 October 2025, read 2026-10-20 (人民日报社, nature 国有法人, is the controlling shareholder of 人民网 with 535,540,064 shares, 48.43%; 《环球时报》社有限公司, 8.12%, is a subsidiary of 人民日报社)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Not yet verified
- Official websites Pending check
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Not yet verified
- Sister outlets in the same group Pending check
- 人民网 (人民网股份有限公司, SSE 603000; 人民日报社 holds 48.43%)
- 环球时报 (《环球时报》社有限公司, a subsidiary of 人民日报社)
- 人民论坛 (人民日报社人民论坛杂志社)
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 November 2026 | First published |
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