Development history:1984 65438+1October 2 1, trial issue, officially named Southern Weekend. February 1 1, the first issue of Southern Weekend was published. 1June, 985, Southern Weekend Newspaper was awarded the honorary title of "Guangdong Advanced Collective" by Guangdong Provincial People's Government. In August, 500,000 copies of Southern Weekend were distributed free of charge to students all over the country, which enriched their summer cultural life. March 28th 1986 Southern Weekend Editorial Department was rated as "Advanced Collective of Socialist Spiritual Civilization Construction" by directly under the authority Working Committee of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. 1987 65438+1On October 2nd, the first air distribution point was established in Shanghai during the Southern Weekend. From August to 65438+February, Southern Weekend held a business discussion and set the goal of "running a comprehensive large-scale weekend newspaper with national influence". On August 26th, 1988, the second folk selection of "Your Top Ten Favorite Newspapers" organized by Nanjing Newspaper Association was announced, and this newspaper ranked third. 10 10/0/2 1 day, the first colorful newspaper of Southern Weekend came out. 1989 February 1 1, the fifth anniversary of Southern Weekend. Congratulations on the inscription "I love it" by Central Advisory Committee member and former Guangdong Provincial Party Secretary. Wu Nansheng, Chairman of Guangdong Provincial Political Consultative Conference, wrote an inscription: There are many good news in the south, and there are strange articles on weekends. On June 1 65438+1October1Sunday, Shandong Qilu Newspaper Collection Association held the "First China Newspaper Expo", and this newspaper was included in the list of "favorite newspapers". 1990 65438+1On October 6th, the Southern Weekend Beijing Aviation Edition was printed. 199 1 year, 1 month, the number of printing outlets in Beijing soared to150,000. In September, "Your Favorite Top Ten Newspapers in China" jointly sponsored by Nanjing Workers' Newspaper Association and Nanjing Workers' Cultural Palace was published in Nanjing, and this newspaper was published again in the No.to 1 issue199265438+1October. Southern Weekend was expanded for the first time, from folio 4 to folio 8. In September, the selection result of "1992 National Top Ten Cultural and Artistic Newspapers" was announced in Beijing, and this newspaper was among the top three together with Guangming Daily and Wen Wei Po. 1September 1993, this newspaper won the title of "Our Favorite Five-Star Newspaper in China" jointly sponsored by Beijing Workers' Newspaper Association, Shijiazhuang Newspaper Association, Hohhot Workers' Newspaper Association, Suzhou Workers' Newspaper Association Branch, Laizhou Newspaper Clipping Center and Sichuan Quxian Newspaper Association. 10 year 1 29 October, the circulation of the 507th issue of this newspaper exceeded110,000 copies. 1994 On May 6th, the "National Top Ten Weekend Newspaper (Edition) Reform Seminar" sponsored by this newspaper was held in Guangzhou, and the slogan of "strengthening news and reaching a new level" was put forward. On the evening of May 7th, more than 300 guests gathered in Guangzhou Oriental Hotel to celebrate the anniversary of Southern Weekend 10. 13 News organizations from all over the country presented our newspaper with a banner of "Ten Years of Hard Work, Popular in China", congratulating our newspaper on its contribution to the news reform. On September 2nd, the unveiling ceremony of 1995 "Southern Weekend Hope Primary School" was held in Lingbei Township, Yudu County, Jiangxi Province, an old revolutionary base area. "Hope Primary School" covers an area of about 8,000 square meters, with two main teaching buildings and nearly 500 school-age children. 10 June 18, the Shanghai reporter station of Southern Weekend was formally established. 1996 65438+ 10, the newspaper expanded its edition for the second time, from 8 format to 16 format. 1June, 1997, the results of the second "China 100 Journalists" selection were announced in Beijing, and Comrade Jiang, then editor-in-chief of this newspaper, was on the list. In September, the results of the "Our Favorite National Top 100 Newspapers" selection activity sponsored by China Journalism History Society and Beijing Workers' Newspaper Collection Association were announced in Beijing, and this newspaper won the title of "National Top 100 Newspapers". In June 5438+10, Jinan printing point was added. 1998, the third edition expanded from 16 format to 20 format. In July, Nanjing printing point was added. In August, the Nenjiang River in the Yangtze River was seriously flooded, and our employees donated 865,438+0, 450 yuan. 1February, 1999, this newspaper was founded on the occasion of15th anniversary, and received more than 40,000 letters from readers, which put forward many useful opinions and suggestions on newspaper reform. In July, Fuzhou printing point was added. In 2000, the newspaper expanded its edition for the fourth time, from 20 folio to 24 folio. 200 1 1, Southern Weekend "New Economy", "New Culture" and "New Life" were officially staged. In July, Nanning printing point opened. June 5438 +2002 10, Zhengzhou printing point opened. On March 28th, the layout of this newspaper was completely refreshed, and it was divided into four sections: news, economy, culture and urban topics (each issue was devoted to 8 editions of urban topics in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong). On April 4, 2003, Chengdu reporter station was established. In July, Hangzhou satellite transmission printing point was established. So far, there are 15 printing points * * * printing this newspaper at the same time. On August 1 day, the famous brand magazine, which is headed by Nanfang Daily Newspaper Group and sponsored by this newspaper, was officially published. This is a high-grade magazine mainly aimed at elite male groups. June, 5438+October, 2004 10, this newspaper expanded its edition for the fifth time, and issued the 32nd edition to the whole country, which was reorganized into three sections: news, economy and culture. ?