For safety reasons, regional newspapers and specialist magazines all took cues from the big four, and largely reprinted articles from them.
In October 1976, Vice Premier played a significant role in taking over the Guangming Daily, helping Mao's successor oust the Gang of Four and put an end to the Cultural Revolution.
Before the death of , the paper fell under the control of the radical left-lean led by Mao's widow.
Under Yang's editorship, Guangming was the first Chinese newspaper to stop publishing on the front page every day.
Headquarters of Guangming Daily The Guangming Daily, also known as the Enlightenment Daily, is a national daily newspaper published in the.
During the 1966—1976 , Guangming Daily was one of the only three national newspapers that remained in circulation, together with the and the , and the sole magazine.