Huizhou, a city in South China's Guangdong Province, begins sending free newspapers to its villagers on Thursday, in a move to help them stay updated with the country's and the city's economic and political policies and developments, especially those regarding building a new socialist countryside.

Huizhou, a city in South China's Guangdong Province, launched a program of sending free newspapers to its villagers on Thursday.

The People's Daily and the Huizhou Daily, the state and local daily newspapers, will be sent to 1,052 villages every day in Huizhou, free of charge, as of January, 2007.

The program is sponsored by the Huizhou branch of China Mobile, China's largest mobile operator. The move is in response to the country's call for building a new socialist countryside, aiming to enrich villagers' social lives, spread knowledge and promote rural development in a harmonious way, said Wen Naizhan, general manager of China Mobile's local branch.

The Huizhou government has attached great importance to the development of its rural areas.  

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