扬子晚报是1986年元旦经中共江苏省委批准创办的。如今6岁零3个月。这张报纸是幸运的。它欣逢改革开放这个历史性机遇。几年中,尽管有过挫折,但始终保持了蓬勃发展的势头。创刊的时候,扬子晚报的日发行量只有5万多份,现在,日发行量已突破46万份,辐射到江苏每一个县乡和与江苏毗邻的一些省。其间,报纸几次提价,没有抑制它的增长。今年元旦,扬子晚报由四开四版扩为四开八版,报价由每份一角提为一角五分。扩版前不少朋友为我们担心,担心扬子晚报发行量会有较大幅度下降。我们自己也 The Yangtze Evening Post was approved by the Jiangsu Provincial CPC Committee on New Year’s Day in 1986. Now 6 years and 3 months. This newspaper is fortunate. It welcomes the historic opportunity of reform and opening up. In the past few years, despite the setbacks, it has maintained its momentum of vigorous growth. At the time of its publication, the Yangtze Evening Post had a daily circulation of only 50,000 copies. Now, the daily circulation has exceeded 460,000 copies and radiated to every county and township in Jiangsu and some provinces adjacent to Jiangsu. In the meantime, the newspaper raised prices several times, did not curb its growth. New Year’s Day this year, the Yangtze Evening News opened from four to four open four open eight version, quote from each corner raised to a corner of five minutes. Many friends before the expansion for our fear, worried about the circulation of the Yangtze Evening News will have a more substantial decline. We ourselves too