中共广州市委会把广州日报看作是得力的助手。我们所以有这样的看法,因为报纸是一个重要的宣传武器,在党的工作布置以后,就要依靠报纸向群众进行宣传、鼓动,反映情况,交流经验。事实上,在这些方面,党报的确能担当起助手的作用。我们中国人民伟大的领袖毛泽东同志,从来就是很重视报纸工作的。他在给刘建助、韦国清二同志的信中说:“一张省报,对于全省工作,全体人民,有极大的组织、鼓舞、激励、批判、推动的作用。”如果不算牵强附会的话,我认为,一张市报,对于全市工作、全市人民亦当能起到同样的作用。正因为报纸能起到这样的重大作用,所以,中共广州市委会对于广州日报的工作,总是十分关心的。除了在创刊的时候,召开市委常委会讨论确定报纸的 CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee regards Guangzhou Daily as an effective assistant. We have this view because the newspaper is an important propaganda weapon. After the party’s work is laid out, we must rely on the newspaper to propagandize the people, motivate them, reflect the situation and exchange experiences. In fact, in these areas, the party newspaper can indeed serve as an assistant. Comrade Mao Tse-tung, the great leader of our Chinese people, has always attached great importance to newspaper work. In a letter to comrades Liu Jianzhu and Wei Guoqing, he said: “A provincial newspaper has a great role in organizing, encouraging, stimulating, criticizing and promoting the work of the entire province and the entire people.” If it is not a far-fetched one In my opinion, a city newspaper, for the city’s work, the city’s people should also play a similar role. Because newspapers can play such a major role, the CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee always pays great attention to the work of Guangzhou Daily. In addition to the founding of the time, held a meeting of the municipal standing committee to determine the newspaper