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In February 1927, the National Revolutionary Army occupied Hangzhou. On March 12, 1927, the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee founded the Hangzhou Republic Daily at the Youji Guild Hall on the west side of Yangxuenong, Xingwu Road (now Kaiyuan Road) in Hangzhou County. {{Cite web |author=孙侃 |date=2020-09-01 |title=曾经的新中国路（二） |trans-title=New China Road in the Past (Part 2) |url=https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240128113940/https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-date=2024-01-28 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=hangchow.org}}As the newspaper sponsored by the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee of the Kuomintang after the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party,{{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|pp=125-127}} it was directly under the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee and was led by the Party Newspaper Management Committee. Xuan Zhonghua, a member of the Communist Party of China, concurrently served as the director of the Social Affairs Committee of the Hangzhou Republic Daily, and Zhang Liusheng served as the general manager. Yang Xianjiang, Dai Bangding and Tang Gongxian successively served as chief editors. {{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|pp=125-127}}At that time, it mainly promoted Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People and the policies of alliance with Russia, alliance with the Communist Party, and support for farmers and workers, while supporting the rights of workers and farmers and developing and strengthening the left-wing team of the Kuomintang. {{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|pp=125-127}}Therefore, although the newspaper was established in the name of the Kuomintang party newspaper, {{Cite web |author=孙侃 |date=2020-09-01 |title=曾经的新中国路（二） |trans-title=New China Road in the Past (Part 2) |url=https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240128113940/https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-date=2024-01-28 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=hangchow.org}}most of the main responsible persons actually leaned towards the Communist Party and competed with the Hangzhou National News sponsored by the Kuomintang military system in Hangzhou on the same day.{{Cite web |author=孙侃 |date=2020-09-01 |title=曾经的新中国路（二） |trans-title=New China Road in the Past (Part 2) |url=https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240128113940/https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-date=2024-01-28 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=hangchow.org}}{{Sfn|张梦新|2011|loc=第四章·第三节 大革命前后杭州的新闻事业}}

In April 1927, the right-wing Kuomintang carried out a "purge" in Hangzhou, which led to the suspension and forced reorganization of the Hangzhou Republic Daily. On April 11, many members of the Communist Party of China, including Xuan Zhonghua, Tang Gongxian, and Chen Shiding, were arrested and killed. Afterwards, the Hangzhou Republic Daily resumed publication on April 14 under the control of the right-wing Kuomintang. {{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|pp=125-127}}Within a year after the Hangzhou Republic Daily was reorganized by the right-wing Kuomintang, the newspaper experienced a change of 7 presidents. {{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|pp=136-138}}Before the 1930s, the Hangzhou Republic Daily had a relatively limited influence, with a daily circulation of about 2,000 to 3,000 or 3,000 to 4,000 copies.{{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|p=136}} In April 1928, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of the Kuomintang was reorganized, and Xu Shaodi served as the Minister of Propaganda and concurrently served as the president of the Hangzhou Republic Daily. He invited his Fudan University classmate Hu Jianzhong to serve as the editor-in-chief.

In May 1929, the Zhejiang Provincial Government decided to temporarily cancel the "25% rent reduction" policy, which triggered strong opposition from the Hangzhou Republic Daily. The policy was originally formulated by the Kuomintang according to Sun Yat-sen's legacy and aimed to improve the living conditions of farmers. The Hangzhou Republic Daily stood on the position of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee of the Kuomintang and published articles in succession to support the "25% rent reduction", which led to opposition to Zhang Jingjiang's provincial government. In particular, on April 29, Hu Jianzhong's editorial on the robbery of the Bank of China in Jiaxing attributed the cause of the case to the inequality between the rich and the poor, indirectly criticizing the provincial government's policy, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from the provincial government. On April 30, the provincial government ordered the Hangzhou Republic Daily to stop publishing from May 1 on the grounds that the article was "far-fetched, criticized the government, deliberately instigated a trend, and was harmful to local public security." At that time, Hu Jianzhong was escorted to the Kuomintang Central Party Committee in Nanjing for processing. At the Kuomintang Central Party Committee, Ye Chucang and Chen Guofu expressed their comfort to Hu Jianzhong and sent Tao Xisheng to Hangzhou for mediation. Subsequently, the Hangzhou Republic Daily also resumed publication on the 28th of the same month.{{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|p=136}}

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From 1930, Hu Jianzhong served as the president and concurrently served as the editor-in-chief; from the winter of 1931 to the second half of 1933, the position of editor-in-chief was successively taken over by Xu Shiheng and Liu Xiangnv. {{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|pp=136-138}}When Hu Jianzhong became the president, he began to actively reform the newspaper, including recruiting more field reporters, improving printing equipment and conditions, and at the same time changing the advertising business from outsourcing to self-operation by the newspaper to increase revenue. On the basis of these reforms, the content of the newspaper was enriched, such as adding the "Exclusive Interview with Our Newspaper" section, and attracting exclusive news reports with higher remuneration. The layout of the page and the content of the supplement were also adjusted accordingly.{{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|p=136}}

The Kuomintang took the lead in Hangzhou Republic Daily, and with the party and government newspapers in various regions as the backbone, it basically formed a network of Kuomintang newspapers throughout the province. {{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|p=132}}At the beginning of 1933, the daily sales of Hangzhou Republic Daily were close to 10,000 copies, and the original lithographic printing press could no longer meet the demand. Therefore, the newspaper decided to invest in a new rotary press and paper press, and began to use it in September of the same year. This was not only the first time that a rotary press was used for printing in Hangzhou and even in the entire Zhejiang Province, but also realized color printing. With the improvement of newspaper content and format, as well as the improvement of printing speed and quality, coupled with the westward extension of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, Hangzhou Republic Daily provided new development opportunities. With its geographical advantage, the newspaper was able to compete with major newspapers in Shanghai in terms of distribution, and its distribution in western Zhejiang and Jiangxi and Fujian regions often reached readers one day earlier than newspapers in Shanghai.{{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|p=136}}

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In order to break through the original geographical limitations of the Hangzhou Republic Daily and expand to the southeastern region of China,{{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|p=137}} on June 16, 1934, the Hangzhou Republic Daily was renamed the Southeast Daily. {{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}}At the same time, the Southeast Daily Co., Ltd. was established. During this period, the Southeast Daily Co., Ltd. performed well in operations, allowing the newspaper's highest daily circulation to reach 35,000 copies. It is widely circulated in Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, northern Fujian, southern Anhui, eastern Jiangxi and other regions. Its influence and circulation are far ahead of its peers in the Hangzhou area, and it even caught up with the veteran Ta Kung Pao. Hu Jianzhong, the then president of the Southeast Daily, was as famous as Hu Zhengzhi, the president of the Ta Kung Pao, and was hailed as "the two hus of the north and the south, rivals of the time."{{Cite web |author=孙侃 |date=2020-09-01 |title=曾经的新中国路（二） |trans-title=New China Road in the Past (Part 2) |url=https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240128113940/https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-date=2024-01-28 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=hangchow.org}}

After the July 7 Incident, the Southeast Daily sent war correspondents to get the latest news while preparing to evacuate Hangzhou and move its personnel and equipment south. On November 19, it changed its publishing location to Jinhua, and the newspaper office was located in the Jiang Clan Ancestral Hall of Taxia Temple in Jinhua City; Hangzhou only published special editions until December 22. On December 24, the Japanese army occupied Hangzhou, and the Southeast Daily Building was used as the Japanese military police headquarters. At the end of 1937, Huang Shaohong came to Zhejiang to take charge of the government and prepare for war. His "Zhejiang Province Wartime Political Program" was rejected by the Southeast Daily. {{Sfn|张梦新|2011|loc=第四章·第三节 大革命前后杭州的新闻事业}}For this reason, the Zhejiang Provincial Government opened the Zhejiang Tide on its own on February 24, 1938.{{Cite web |author=胡丰 |date=2024-01-29 |title=【史事】办在省主席公馆的《浙江潮》 |trans-title=[Historical Events] Zhejiang Tide published in the Provincial Chairman's Residence |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129150115/http://www.jinhua.gov.cn/art/2023/4/14/art_1229485939_60250627.html |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=web.archive.org}}

On July 7, 1939, the newspaper office moved to Wangfudun outside Jinhua. In 1941, the Japanese army sneaked across the Qiantang River and Jinhua was in a state of emergency. The Southeast Daily moved in two ways: one moved to Lishui, published the Lishui edition from May 1 to August 31, and then withdrew to Jinhua; the other retreated to Jiangshan, published an extra edition, and returned to Jinhua on June 1. After withdrawing to Jinhua, offices were set up in Lishui and Jiangshan, and printing equipment was reserved in case of unexpected events. The Southeast Daily Office continued to operate, and during its time in Jinhua, the daily circulation of the newspaper reached 20,000 copies.{{Cite book |last=浙江新闻志编委会 |title=浙江新闻志 |date=2006-11-01 |trans-title=Zhejiang News |chapter=两次发展高潮——浙江新闻事业发展轨迹简介之二 |trans-chapter=Two Development Climaxes: A Brief Introduction to the Development Track of Zhejiang's Journalism Industry (Part 2) |chapterurl=http://zjdaily.zjol.com.cn/gb/node2/node802/node37145/node390756/node390776/userobject15ai5300346.html}}

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In May 1942, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign broke out. The magazine was suspended on May 20 and moved in two directions:

• The first group, led by Liu Xiangnu, went to Lishui. In May 1942, after briefly resuming the Lishui edition, the Japanese army occupied Lishui from May 23 to August 28. On November 23, the Lishui edition was resumed again in Shangshuinan, Lishui. On March 31, 1943, the Japanese army bombed Lishui, and the Lishui branch was bombed, so it was suspended for ten days. On August 26, 1944, the Japanese army occupied Lishui again, and the Lishui edition was suspended from August 21 to October 10. It was resumed in Yunhe on December 8 and renamed the Yunhe edition.
• The second group, led by Hu Jianzhong, went to Jiangshan. On May 26, 1942, the Jiangshan edition issued an extra edition. On June 4, due to the invasion of the Japanese army, the newspaper began to move again and moved to Nanping, Fujian. On August 21, 1942, the Nanping edition was launched. In the autumn of 1943, Hu Jianzhong went to Chongqing to serve as the chief editor of the Central Daily News and concurrently served as the editor-in-chief of the Southeast Daily. Zhu Juying acted as the agent to handle the affairs of the newspaper. {{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}}The circulation remained at about 10,000 copies.{{Cite book |last=浙江新闻志编委会 |title=浙江新闻志 |date=2006-11-01 |trans-title=Zhejiang News |chapter=两次发展高潮——浙江新闻事业发展轨迹简介之二 |trans-chapter=Two Development Climaxes: A Brief Introduction to the Development Track of Zhejiang's Journalism Industry (Part 2) |chapterurl=http://zjdaily.zjol.com.cn/gb/node2/node802/node37145/node390756/node390776/userobject15ai5300346.html}}

During the eight-year Anti-Japanese War, more than 60 employees and their families were unfortunately bombed by enemy planes or died of illness, accounting for almost 10% of the total number of employees in the newspaper. Despite facing great difficulties, the Southeast Daily still actively promoted the anti-Japanese spirit. {{Cite book |last=浙江新闻志编委会 |title=浙江新闻志 |date=2006-11-01 |trans-title=Zhejiang News |chapter=两次发展高潮——浙江新闻事业发展轨迹简介之二 |trans-chapter=Two Development Climaxes: A Brief Introduction to the Development Track of Zhejiang's Journalism Industry (Part 2) |chapterurl=http://zjdaily.zjol.com.cn/gb/node2/node802/node37145/node390756/node390776/userobject15ai5300346.html}}During the war, the daily circulation of the Southeast Daily remained at 18,000 copies, becoming an important "ink fortress and pen fortress" in the southeast region.{{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}}

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After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Yunhe branch was the first to send people back to Hangzhou to prepare for the publication. It was first published jointly with the National Righteousness Newspaper, and resumed publication in Hangzhou on September 1. On September 11, the Southeast Daily Building at Zhong'an Bridge in Hangzhou was taken back, and Liu Xiangnv was appointed as the acting president. In November, the Nanping edition reporter participated in the Japanese surrender ceremony in Taiwan and published a headline report, which was exclusive among mainland Chinese newspapers at the time.

In December, the Nanping edition stopped publishing. {{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}}Xu Shaodi and Liu Xiangnu planned to change the Hangzhou branch to the head office and set up a branch in Nanping to continue publishing, but Hu Jianzhong, who was stranded in Chongqing, refused. Hu Jianzhong began to arrange to transfer the Nanping edition to Shanghai for publication. Hu Jianzhong invited Liu Xiangnu to go to Shanghai to assist in the establishment of the newspaper, but Liu Xiangnu refused to serve as Hu Jianzhong's subordinate.

In June 1946, Hu Jianzhong resigned as the president of the Central Daily News. On June 16, the Nanping edition was changed to the Shanghai edition, and the publication was resumed in Shanghai. An office was also set up in Nanjing. {{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}}During this period, Chen Bulei assisted in purchasing materials and equipment in US dollars. In the second half of 1946, Hu Jianzhong handed over the post of president of the Hangzhou newspaper to Xu Shaodi, thus removing Liu Xiang from the post of acting president. On March 10, 1948, the Southeast Daily Co., Ltd. was renamed the Southeast News Enterprise Co., Ltd., {{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}}with its headquarters in Shanghai and a branch in Hangzhou. In addition to the staff of the newspaper, Chen Guofu, Chen Lifu, Jiang Jingguo, Chen Bulei, and Zhang Daofan all participated in the shares.

In October 1948, after the People's Liberation Army won the Liaoshen Campaign, the Nationalist government began to retreat to Taiwan. {{Cite book |last=浙江新闻志编委会 |title=浙江新闻志 |date=2006-11-01 |trans-title=Zhejiang News |chapter=两次发展高潮——浙江新闻事业发展轨迹简介之二 |trans-chapter=Two Development Climaxes: A Brief Introduction to the Development Track of Zhejiang's Journalism Industry (Part 2) |chapterurl=http://zjdaily.zjol.com.cn/gb/node2/node802/node37145/node390756/node390776/userobject15ai5300346.html}}In October 1948, Zhejiang University student leader Yu Zisan was secretly arrested and died in prison. The authorities published a report about Yu Zisan's "suicide for fear of crime" through the "Southeast Daily", which triggered student protests. {{Sfn|张梦新|2011|loc=第五章·第二节 解放战争时期杭州的新闻事业}}In the same month, Hu Jianzhong directed the establishment of a "contingency committee" to {{Cite book |last=浙江新闻志编委会 |title=浙江新闻志 |date=2006-11-01 |trans-title=Zhejiang News |chapter=两次发展高潮——浙江新闻事业发展轨迹简介之二 |trans-chapter=Two Development Climaxes: A Brief Introduction to the Development Track of Zhejiang's Journalism Industry (Part 2) |chapterurl=http://zjdaily.zjol.com.cn/gb/node2/node802/node37145/node390756/node390776/userobject15ai5300346.html}}plan to send Shanghai newspaper staff and facilities directly to Taiwan, and Hangzhou newspapers to Hengyang, Hunan, and then to Taiwan via Guangzhou. In January 1949, the newspaper's printing equipment and more than 100 tons of white newspapers sank with the Taiping during the transportation to Taiwan. {{Cite web |date=2014-12-03 |title=太平轮故事 |trans-title=The Taiping Story |url=https://www.zjda.gov.cn/art/2014/12/3/art_1378530_12511058.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801095626/http://www.zjda.gov.cn/art/2014/12/3/art_1378530_12511058.html |archive-date=2021-08-01 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.zjda.gov.cn}}In addition, the Hangzhou newspaper staff refused to go to Hengyang and other reasons, so the plan to resume publication in Taiwan fell through.{{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}}

In April 1949, as the People's Liberation Army launched the Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River, Liu Xiangnu, the vice president of the Southeast Daily, and her family left Hangzhou, causing the newspaper's operation to fall into trouble. {{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}}The newspaper's employees spontaneously formed an "employee emergency meeting" to take over the newspaper, set up a workers' picket team, and supported the employees through part of the income and the purchase of rice and non-staple food. {{Cite book |last=浙江新闻志编委会 |title=浙江新闻志 |date=2006-11-01 |trans-title=Zhejiang News |chapter=两次发展高潮——浙江新闻事业发展轨迹简介之二 |trans-chapter=Two Development Climaxes: A Brief Introduction to the Development Track of Zhejiang's Journalism Industry (Part 2) |chapterurl=http://zjdaily.zjol.com.cn/gb/node2/node802/node37145/node390756/node390776/userobject15ai5300346.html}}The Hangzhou edition of the Southeast Daily finally stopped publishing on May 3, 1949, and the Shanghai edition continued to operate until April 30, 1949.{{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}} After the People's Liberation Army occupied Hangzhou, with the assistance of the newspaper's employees, the newspaper's buildings, property and equipment were handed over intact to the Communist authorities and {{Cite web |author=孙侃 |date=2020-09-01 |title=曾经的新中国路（二） |trans-title=New China Road in the Past (Part 2) |url=https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240128113940/https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-date=2024-01-28 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=hangchow.org}}used to establish the Zhejiang Daily.

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In the 1930s, the Southeast Daily proposed the editorial policy of "Party stance, liberal color". Compared with the Central Daily News, it diluted the party color and had more flexible content and tone. {{Sfn|中国人民政治协商会议浙江省委员会文史资料研究委员会|1997|loc=丁淦林〈序〉}}{{Cite book |last=Zhou |first=Weixu |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KxTFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PP56&lpg=PP56&dq=“党的立场，自由色彩”&source=bl&ots=KBOFVUc4P5&sig=ACfU3U0Y54oTVxrNxe5DK6A97pGTbWCqhw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjI5fbh5YGEAxW8RkEAHdwGAHEQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=“党的立场，自由色彩”&f=false |title=传承与创新：近代中国社会变迁研究论文集（第一辑） |date=2018-08-01 |publisher=社会科学文献出版社 |isbn=978-7-5201-3250-3 |editor-last=Xiao Ruping |language=zh |trans-title=Inheritance and Innovation: A Collection of Research Papers on Social Change in Modern China (Volume 1) |chapter=《东南日报》对蒋介石1949年第三次下野的报道 |accessdate=2025-03-31}}In the early days of the name change, the Southeast Daily tried to get rid of the identity of the Kuomintang party newspaper, {{Cite web |author=孙侃 |date=2020-09-01 |title=曾经的新中国路（二） |trans-title=New China Road in the Past (Part 2) |url=https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240128113940/https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-date=2024-01-28 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=hangchow.org}}publicly stating that the Southeast Daily was founded by some Kuomintang members who were interested in cultural undertakings and loyal to the news industry, emphasizing its identity as a private newspaper. However, in fact, its essence as a Kuomintang newspaper has not changed. Hu Jianzhong himself admitted that the Southeast Daily is "100% party newspaper". {{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|pp=137}}The company's leadership is composed of important members of the Kuomintang, including Chairman Chen Guofu, Supervisor Chen Lifu, Executive Director Xu Shaodi and Hu Jianzhong. Most of the other directors and supervisors are also members of the Kuomintang Central Committee or Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee. Hu Jianzhong and Liu Xiangnv continued to serve as the president and editor-in-chief of the Southeast Daily respectively, and He Huairen served as the manager. This move is intended to dilute the bureaucratic party color of the newspaper and shape it into a private newspaper on the surface to attract a wider readership and collect public opinion.{{Sfn|王文科；张扣林|2010|pp=137}}

The group of scholars who contributed to the newspaper included well-known figures such as Hu Daojing, Chen Youqin, Chen Daci, Yuan Weizi, Wang Jisi, Zhong Jingwen, Qian Nanyang, Zhang Qiyun, Qi Sihe, etc. Famous journalists such as Hu Qiuyuan, Cao Juren, Xu Junwu, Qian Gufeng, Zhao Haosheng, Cha Liangyong, and Zhong Peizhang were also among them. The group of translators consisted of Xu Weinan, Yang Zhenhua, Dong Dingshan, Dong Leshan, Sun Yong, Cai Zhenyang, Huang Hongsen, Ren Mingyao, etc. In addition, writers such as Zhang Tingqian, Gao Yang, Xu Jinfu, Yao Sufeng, Jiang Wenjie, Xie Yu, Shen Dafu, and Zhu Fusheng were also part of the group. CCP members such as Tang Gongxian, Xuan Zhonghua, Yang Xianjiang, Dai Bangding, and Feng Xuefeng were also included.{{Cite web |author=孙侃 |date=2020-09-01 |title=曾经的新中国路（二） |trans-title=New China Road in the Past (Part 2) |url=https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240128113940/https://hangchow.org/index.php/base/news_show/cid/6987 |archive-date=2024-01-28 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=hangchow.org}}

In 1936, the Hangzhou Journalists Association moved to and was built next to the Southeast Daily News Building at Zhong'an Bridge.{{Sfn|张梦新|2011|loc=第四章·第三节 大革命前后杭州的新闻事业}}

The Southeast Daily had a wide variety of supplements. In 1934, it included daily publications such as Shafa and Wuyue Chunqiu, as well as the biweekly Jinshi Shuhua. In terms of weekly publications, there were seven: Public Health, Children of Today, Voice of Reading, Education Garden, Scientific Knowledge, Screen Scenery, and Modern Economy. Subsequently, the newspaper also added supplements such as Southeast Pictorial, Xiaozhu, Fayan, Xueyuan, Reading Garden, Popular Forum, Entertainment, Changchun, Literature and History, International Knowledge, Metropolis, and Sports Edition. After the newspaper moved to Jinhua, Shafa was renamed Pen Lei, and a Saturday Weekend Edition was added.{{Cite web |author=吴伟 |date=2024-01-15 |title=《东南日报》与江山、衢州及孔圣像 |trans-title=Southeast Daily, Jiangshan, Quzhou and the Statue of Confucius |url=https://www.jiangshan.gov.cn/art/2024/1/15/art_1206571_59167248.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.jiangshan.gov.cn |via=多娇江山客户端}}

Among them, the supplements of Southeast Daily, Bi Lei, and Da Gong Yuan, the supplements of Ta Kung Pao, were praised by writer Qin Mu as "East-West Twin Stars". {{Cite web |author=严粒粒，徐洁萌 |date=2017-03-10 |title=你不知道的金庸：从报社“字幕组”到武侠宗主 |trans-title=What you don't know about Jin Yong: From a newspaper "subtitle group" to a martial arts master |url=https://zjnews.zjol.com.cn/zjnews/hznews/201703/t20170310_3294999.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310031059/http://zjnews.zjol.com.cn/zjnews/hznews/201703/t20170310_3294999.shtml |archive-date=2017-03-10 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=zjnews.zjol.com.cn}}Bi Lei was edited by Zhang Huijian and Chen Xiangping, and attracted regular contributions from Feng Yuxiang, Wang Zaoshi, Wang Xiyan, Jin Yi, Yang Chao, Chen Bochui, Xie Yue, Yuan Weizi, Weng Xinhui, Cao Juren and others. Bi Lei also mobilized and publicized the masses through special issues. For example, on May 4 and 5, 1939, Bi Lei launched two consecutive issues of the "May 4th Youth Day Special Issue", which published articles such as "The Chinese Youth Inspirational Association's Letter to Youths to Celebrate the May 4th Youth Day", "Youth Day and the Scientific Spirit", "Congratulations on Youth Day", "What Youths Should Know about Commemorating the May 4th Youth Day", and "Understanding of May 4th", calling on young people to inherit the May 4th spirit. In addition, Bi Lei also exposed Japan's war crimes and introduced Japan's anti-war sentiment through essays, poems, reportage and other forms.{{Sfn|张梦新|2011|loc=第五章·第二节 解放战争时期杭州的新闻事业}}

• Hangzhou Journalists Association
• List of daily newspapers in the Republic of China

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• {{Cite book |title=杭州新闻史 |isbn=978-7-5004-9930-5 |trans-title=History of Hangzhou News}}
• {{Cite book |title=老报人忆《东南日报》 |isbn=7-213-01593-1 |trans-title=Old journalist recalls Southeast Daily}}

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