Inscription of the Masthead for *Renmin Ribao*

(April 1946)

Renmin Ribao

The first masthead for *Renmin Ribao* inscribed by Mao Zedong.

[1] In April 1946, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Central Bureau was preparing to launch an official newspaper. Entrusted by comrades at the newspaper office, Bo Yibo requested Mao Zedong to inscribe a masthead for the paper: either *Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Ribao* or *Da Ribao*. Mao readily agreed to inscribe the masthead but felt that the newspaper's name did not necessarily have to include the regional designation. Mao proposed using "Renmin Ribao." Thus, *Renmin Ribao* came into being.