Birthday 'starting point' for a new journey

Ambitious goals set as newspaper marks anniversary

BEIJING - More than 800 people gathered at the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday to celebrate China Daily's 30-year journey from an eight-page black/white newspaper to a global media group with 12 publications and audiences in Asia, Europe and North America.

From retired journalists in their 80s and heads of major news organizations to dignitaries from Party and government departments, the participants also marked the national English-language newspaper's new voyage of development into a leading international multimedia group.