Beijing Review, China's only national English weekly news magazine, held a banquet on September 26 in Beijing, celebrating the publication's 50th anniversary.

More than 300 guests attended the gathering, including government officials, foreign diplomats and representatives of international organizations, media persons, Beijing Review's business partners, and the staff, retirees and consultants of Beijing Review.

Cai Mingzhao, Vice Minister of the State Council Information Office and President of China International Publishing Group (CIPG), read a congratulatory letter from Liu Yunshan, Member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, to start the celebration. It was followed by speeches by Wang Chen, Minister of the State Council Information Office, Li Dongdong, Vice Minister of General Administration of Press and Publications, Zhou Mingwei, Executive Vice President of CIPG, with which Beijing Review is affiliated, and Wang Gangyi, President and Editor in Chief of Beijing Review, who is also Deputy Editor in Chief of CIPG.