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| | Newspapers free for villagers in Huizhou |
 | | Huizhou, a city in South China's Guangdong Province, begins sending free newspapers to its villagers on Thursday, in a move to help them stay updated with the country's and the city's economic and political policies and developments, especially those regarding building a new socialist countryside. |
 | | The People's Daily and the Huizhou Daily, the state and local daily newspapers, will be sent to 1,052 villages every day in Huizhou, free of charge, as of January, 2007. |
 | | The move is in response to the country¡¯s call for building a new socialist countryside, aiming to enrich villagers¡¯ social lives, spread knowledge and promote rural development in a harmonious way, said Wen Naizhan, general manager of China Telecom's local branch. |
| www.chinadaily.com.cn /bizchina/2006-12/23/content_765993.htm (173 words) |
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