The History of Labor Noon

Born in the Early Workers' Movement

●The history of the Labor Noon Post can be traced back to the Workers' Weekly, which was founded in Beijing at the end of July 1921 by the Beijing Party Organization; and the history of the Trade Union Expo can be traced back to the weekly Labor Tone, which was founded on November 7, 1920 by the Beijing Party Organization.

The main task of the early workers' publications was to spread Marxist ideology and arouse workers' awakening.

Tracing the roots of the weekly "Labor Tone" (magazine) from the existing historical materials of the labor movement, it was the predecessor of the current "Trade Union Expo" magazine.

In 1920, Li Dazhao, Deng Zhongxia, Luo Zhanglong and other revolutionary pioneers founded the weekly "Labor Voice" (magazine) in Beijing on November 7 of the same year, which was the earliest workers' magazine spreading the ideology of ****anitarianism in the Beijing area.

Early December 1920, the weekly was banned by the Beiyang government and ceased publication.

From the history of the development of the workers' press and the relevant regulations, the nature of the organizer, the purpose of the publication, the target audience, and the location of the publication all determine that the Trade Union Expo can be traced back to the early weekly magazine "Labor Tone".

After the founding of the Beijing *** Party group, it attached great importance to the role of the press in the dissemination of Marxist ideology. in July 1921, the Beijing Party organization led by comrade Li Dazhao founded the Workers' Weekly, an early and important workers' newspaper in China. in August 1922, the Workers' Weekly became the organ of the Secretary Department of the Chinese Labor Union. In August 1922, the Workers' Weekly became the organ of the Secretary Department of the China Labor Union, and in February 1924, it was changed to the organ of the All-China Railway Workers' General Union. The newspaper was seized by the warlord government at the end of 1926.

Examining this historical origin, the Workers' Weekly (newspaper) can be said to be the predecessor of the present Labor Noon.

In order to further develop the propaganda role of the media, to mobilize and organize workers, and to guide the workers' struggle, the founding of a new workers' publication was actively planned under the personal initiative of Li Dazhao, Zhao Shiyan, etc. The weekly magazine Beijing Worker was launched in Beijing on June 15, 1925, sponsored by the northern party organization of the C***, with Chen Weiren, who served as part-time secretary and minister of the organization of the executive committee of the northern district of the C***, as the chief editor and secretary of the weekly. Chen Weiren, who served as secretary of the C**** Northern District Executive Committee, was editor-in-chief. Labor activists believe that the weekly Beijing Worker and the weekly Labor Tone are one and the same.

Growing up after the founding of New China

●On May 1, 1950, under the leadership of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the C***, the Beijing Municipal Federation of Trade Unions re-launched the Beijing Worker magazine (which can also be regarded as a reprint of the 1925 Beijing Worker magazine); on April 20, 1967, the Beijing Municipal Labor Council founded the Beijing Workers' Newspaper.

After the founding of New China, China's press and publishing industry developed rapidly. in February 1950, the Beijing Municipal Federation of Trade Unions (BMTU) was proclaimed, and publications of the BMTU such as Beijing Worker, Beijing Workers' Movement and Trade Union Work were founded one after another.

On May 1, 1950, under the leadership of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the People's Republic of China, the Beijing Municipal Federation of Trade Unions founded the Beijing Worker magazine (which can also be regarded as a reprint of the 1925 Beijing Worker magazine), which appeared semi-monthly in a 32-page issue. The manuscripts of the magazine were reviewed by Deng Tuo (former Minister of Propaganda of the Municipal Party Committee), Liao Mosha (former Deputy Minister of Propaganda of the Municipal Party Committee), and so on, according to their importance. Specific leadership by the then Minister of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions Department of propaganda and education Zu Tian Gong, under the editorial department.

The growth of a group of worker writers had an extremely close relationship with Beijing Worker magazine. Writers and scholars such as Lao She, Zhou Libo, Tian Ma, and Yuan Shui Pao have written for the magazine and taught its team of correspondents. Gao Zhanxiang, who was secretary of the party group of the All-China Federation of Literature and Art, the late poet Li Xue'ao, and several journalists who were later transferred to the Beijing Daily were all correspondents of Beijing Worker.

In January 1951, the magazine ceased publication because the staff were all involved in the "Three Anti's" and "Five Anti's" campaigns, and 36 issues were published and distributed.

On April 20, 1967, the Beijing Municipal Workers' Council founded the Beijing Workers' Newspaper (also regarded as a reprint of the Beijing Workers' Magazine, which changed from a magazine to a newspaper). The circulation of Beijing Worker reached 85,000 copies, and the newspaper ceased publication on May 30, 1972. 1967, Beijing Worker was the first to publish Liu Chunhua's artwork as the title image in its coverage of the exhibition, "Mao Zedong Thought Illuminates the Workers' Movement in Anyuan". Later, the People's Daily and the People's Liberation Army Daily published color photographs of the work.

Development after reform and opening up

●In October 1984, Beijing Worker magazine was again reissued, and in January 2001 Beijing Worker magazine was renamed Trade Union Exposition magazine; in January 1993 Beijing Worker newspaper was reissued, and in December 2000 Beijing Worker newspaper was renamed Labor Noon.

After the reform and opening up, the Party Group of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions requested the approval of the Municipal Party Committee, and the Beijing Worker magazine was reissued in October 1984 again. It started as a bimonthly magazine, and in January 1986 it was changed to a monthly magazine. Xu Weicheng, then deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, wrote a "message on behalf of the publication", "wishing the Beijing Worker" to be launched. in December 1984, Comrade Peng Zhen, then chairman of the National People's Congress, inscribed an inscription for the Beijing Worker magazine, "wishing the Beijing Worker to become an inspirer, mouthpiece and mirror for the construction of the capital city's material civilization and spiritual civilization that is watched by all the workers and run by all of them. "

Toward the end of 1992, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions decided to launch the Beijing Worker News while continuing to run the Beijing Worker magazine.

Beijing Worker, a political and comprehensive newspaper for the masses of workers and trade unionists in the capital, resumed publication on January 1, 1993, and was distributed nationwide. on January 5, 1999, the newspaper opened a column called "Hotline for Workers", which was well received by the society.

In accordance with the needs of the market economy, Beijing Worker changed its name to Labor Noon in December 2000, and at the end of the same year, Beijing Worker changed its name to Trade Union Expo.

After the name change, the semi-monthly Trade Union Exposition was changed to a 32-volume edition, and the content was greatly adjusted. As a professional publication mainly focusing on the work of trade unions, the circulation went up all the way, and the Trade Union Exposition Magazine put forward its second venture in 2005, and the Trade Union Exposition has become one of the most comprehensive magazines with the largest circulation at the Beijing municipal level now. Now it is a ten-day magazine, published three times a month. It is recognized as an excellent periodical by China Workers' Newspaper Association and a first-class periodical by the Municipal Press and Publication Bureau.

After the name change, Labor Noon carried out a series of expansion, from the original black-and-white folio edition to a colorful quarto edition. The advertisement slogan of "Morning and Evening Newspaper, New and Complete Newspaper; Joy and Worry Newspaper, Protecting Rights and Interests Newspaper" has been widely circulated and accepted by the market. The "Rights 110" has become the fist page with distinctive features.

In 2009, the leadership of the Labor Noon Newspaper Society fully recognized the opportunities and challenges facing the consolidation of continue to do a good job of the magazine at the same time, the positioning and development of the Labor Noon News was adjusted, determined to "Labor Noon Newspaper" into a "trade unions are satisfied with the workers love to read, enterprises are welcome, the community needs," the high quality of trade unions. The newspaper has been adjusted to the positioning and development of the labor newspaper.

Labor Noon Newspaper Society

With the deepening of reform and opening up, in order to meet the needs of the development of trade unions' news and propaganda undertakings, Beijing Worker Magazine was reissued in October 1984, and was renamed as Trade Union Expo in January 2001

One newspaper and one magazine are being published in the form of an accurate positioning, a keen mind, an advanced consciousness, the service concept, rich information, fashionable design, and strive to expand the newspaper's social visibility, establish reputation, increase circulation, to achieve the advanced culture to enlighten the community, the correct concept to guide the workers, the advanced experience and accurate information dissemination to the readers, and strive to build the newspaper into a four-in-one three-dimensional news and publicity network of the "trade unions, workers, enterprises, and the community". It strives to build the newspaper into a three-dimensional news propaganda network of "labor unions, workers, enterprises and society". The newspaper is constantly expanding its coverage in the capital, striving to make the Labor Noon available wherever there are workers, and the Trade Union Expo available wherever there are trade union organizations.

Today, the new leadership team of the Labor Noon Newspaper, under the leadership of the Municipal General Administration of China, is standing at the forefront of the times, keeping pace with the times, and leading all the staff of the newspaper, with one heart and one mind, to inherit the unfinished business of the martyrs of the revolution and carry it forward, and to do their best for the comprehensive construction of a moderately well-off society and the building of a harmonious society.