Under the shock from the Internet, traditional news media are having a quite difficult time, but daily newspapers in China have made an outstanding achievement by selling some 3.6 million tons of papers in 2006, the top of the world.

It is estimated that the figure will increase to 6.45 million tons by 2010.

"Since the reform and opening-up, news media in China have been developing very fast. Now there are various newspapers available in the country, " said Li Dongdong, deputy director of the General Administration of Press and Publication of China.

(chinanews.cn April 30, 2007)