Beijing - Today China Daily launched its iPad news application, China Daily News, offering a mixture of text stories, photo galleries and videos.

A bridge connecting China and the world, the app was launched to meet the needs of "on the go" users who want an efficient way to find and share essential news and information about China and the world.

The app is very visual and very easy to read and navigate. You can flip through pages to enjoy stories, photos and videos, or search for and share stories of interest via multiple choices.

The app is free to download for all iPad users in the App Store.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/china-daily-news-for-ipad/id469028185?ls=1&mt=8

Major features of the app include:

  - Customized reading experience: Users can personalize their mobile news reading experience by customizing regions.

  - Abundant sharing tools: the app integrates Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo and email sharing contextually within each story, which means that sharing news with your friends is just a tap away.

  - Save articles for offline reading or to read at your convenience.

  - Display of breaking news & latest news.

In 2009, the China Daily New Media was officially launched, covering iPhone, Android phone, Symbian Phone，Kindle and other mainstream mobile devices with the latest news of China Daily, which reaches 600,000 users all over the world. With more and more viewers embracing mobile devices to stay connected to the news, the launch of the app is expected to be an important development in China Daily' history.