China Daily Hong Kong earns high praise for 20 years of public service

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The high-quality journalism produced by China Daily Hong Kong Edition has been acknowledged by the arbiters of excellence in media. In 2017, the paper won 11 awards, including four top prizes, at the Hong Kong News Awards, organized by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, bringing the total to 58. Noting that China Daily Hong Kong Edition has earned 49 awards presented by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong in consecutive years since 2010, as well as four international news awards, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of China Daily Hong Kong Edition Zhou Li said that these awards were achieved by beating the competition from long established competitors in both the English and Chinese media. "They demonstrate the publication's continuous pursuit of excellence and efforts to innovate to engage a wider audience."

Apart from its print edition, China Daily Hong Kong has moved strongly forward in adopting media digitalization, embracing new media. It has established a fully-evolved system across all platforms including the print edition, website, multimedia, news apps and social media, and has made great strides in producing quality video content. In 2017, the Hong Kong Edition's video team earned an award for International Digital Innovation of the Year in the United Kingdom, along with the SOPA award for Excellence in Journalistic Innovation. In just the first six months of 2017, the digital component of China Daily Hong Kong has attracted more than 100 million views.

In the spirit of providing better services to the community, China Daily Hong Kong Edition has pioneered in organizing major events, such as the "Campus Newspaper Awards", overseas exchange tours for Chinese artists to exhibit their works and to promote Chinese culture, and organizing visits by mainstream media groups from all across Asia to the Chinese mainland.