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People's Daily Online was officially launched on January 1, 1997.
On March 19, 2013, People's Daily Online opened a branch in Hong Kong. President Liao Yan said at the inaugural meeting that the purpose of entering Hong Kong was to "work hard to build a communication platform between the government and the people and promote social harmony." In March 2013, the Voice of Russia and the People's Daily Online signed a news sharing agreement as CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin presided. On 13 October 2014, Russia Today and the People's Daily Online signed a cooperation agreement. In 2015, People's Daily Online launched the entrepreneurial video program "Maker Lecture Hall."
From Wikipedia’s article on People's Daily Online, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4