Consumption Daily

Consumption Daily
Type	Daily newspaper
Publisher	Consumption Daily Agency
Founded	January 3, 1985
Political alignment	Communism; Socialism with Chinese characteristics
Language	Chinese
Headquarters	Beijing, China
OCLC number	222431062
Website	xfrb.com.cn

Consumption Daily (Chinese: 消费日报),^[2] also known as Xiaofei Ribao^[3] or Consumer Daily,^[4] is a national daily newspaper focusing on the areas of life and consumption published in the People's Republic of China.^[5] It is supervised and sponsored by the China National Light Industry Council. The paper was first published on January 3, 1985, and its predecessor was China Light Industry News (中国轻工业报).^[6]

Controversies

In 2012, Yuan Renguo (袁仁国), former chairman of Kweichow Moutai was exposed as holding a press pass from Consumption Daily, was called "China's most powerful journalist"^[7] by some Chinese language media.^[8] After the incident, the press cards of Yuan Renguo and others were cancelled. The Consumption Daily explained that Yuan Ringuo had been a special correspondent for the newspaper many years ago.^{[citation needed]}