The "Chengdu Weekly", the first English newspaper in west China made its debut last Sunday in Chengdu, the capital of southwest Sichuan Province.
The English weekly, to be published by the Chengdu Daily every Sunday, contains four pages including important news and articles about business and finance, culture and society, and life and leisure, according to the daily's editor-in-chief He Huazhang.
Hou Xiongfei, head of the municipal Publicity Department, said that the newspaper will meet the demands of tens of thousands of foreigners who live and work in Chengdu.
The province has established business relations with over 100 countries and some 6,000 foreign funded enterprises are operating here.