The Hainan Daily or Hainan Ribao () is a Chinese language daily newspaper published in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. Founded as the organ of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (ä¸Â報海åÂÂçÂÂå§Âæº堳æÂÂ¥), it was established on May 7, 1950, formerly known as New Hainan Post (æ°海åÂÂæÂÂ¥), which was renamed to its current name in 1958.
In January 1991, Hainan Daily launched the Hainan Daily Overseas Edition (æµ·åÂÂæÂ¥æ¥海å¤ÂçÂÂ), which is based on Hainan Special Administrative Region, facing overseas, focusing on Southeast Asia, introducing the policies of Hainan Special Economic Zone (æµ·åÂÂç»ÂæµÂç¹åº) and the investment environment and other information.
Following reform and opening up, in July 2004, Hainan Daily was privatised and became part of the Hainan Daily Press Group (æµ·åÂÂæÂ¥æÂ¥æÂ¥ä¸ÂéÂÂå¢). This group also operates the online news service hinews.cn in simplified Chinese, which in 2009 won a national prize for innovative website development.