Wen Wei Po
Hing Wai Centre, the head office of Wen Wei Po | |
| Type | daily newspaper; state media |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Liaison Office of the Central Government |
| Founded | 9 September 1948 |
| Political alignment | Pro-Beijing |
| Language | Traditional Chinese |
| Headquarters | Aberdeen, Hong Kong |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 文匯報 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 文汇报 | ||||||||||
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Wen Wei Po is a pro-Beijing state-owned newspaper based in Hong Kong. The newspaper was established in Hong Kong on 9 September 1948, 10 years after the launch of its Shanghai counterpart in 1938.
Its head office is located at the Hing Wai Centre (Chinese: 興偉中心) in Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
The paper is owned by Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, which is controlled by the liaison office of the Chinese government in Hong Kong. Wen Wei Po is subsidised by and advocates for the Chinese government.: 139 Wen Wei Po accounts for less than 1 percent of Hong Kong's readership,: 139 and is mainly read by an audience in mainland China and older Hong Kong readers.: 20
In a 2019 public opinion survey conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Wen Wei Po was rated by respondents as the second least credible paid newspaper in Hong Kong.