中国最早的民办报纸,是十一世纪中叶在宋朝的首都汴梁(现在的开封)、临安(现在的杭州)以及其他城市出版的“小报”。根据有关文献的记载,从宋仁宗天聖九年(1031年)起,以上这些城市就陆续出现了许多以报道官方报纸(邸报)所不载的新闻和章奏为主的传单和小册子(刊期不定,其中有些是印刷的,有些是謄写的),人们统称它们为“小报”有时也隐称为“新 The earliest private newspapers in China were the tabloids published in mid-11th century by Liang Liang (now Kaifeng), Lin’an (now Hangzhou) and other cities in the Song Dynasty. According to the records of the relevant literature, since the founding of the ninth year of Song Sanzong (1031), many leaflets and pamphlets mainly covering the news and capitals not contained in the official newspapers (Di Bao) have appeared in these cities (Indefinite period, some of which are printed, others are written), people collectively refer to them as “tabloids” sometimes implicitly referred to as "new