[1] When the People's Liberation Army occupied Beijing, all the Kuomintang and private newspapers were forced to close or taken over by the Communist authorities.

[3] The paper's header was inscribed by Mao Zedong, who wrote the title with his calligraphy for the masthead in September 1952 when requested to do so by the editors, which was considered a tremendous honor.

[2] It was drafted by Liao Mosha, then Head of the Propaganda Department of the CCP's Beijing committee, and edited by Mayor Peng Zhen.

Shortly afterwards, a labor strike broke out, Beijing Daily fought a successful propaganda campaign.

[5] As with other Chinese publications of the time, the layout of Beijing Daily was heavily influenced by the Soviet press, with simple language used to accommodate the lack of education among the populace.

[6] During the Three Red Banners movement and the Great Leap Forward, Beijing Daily initially reported enthusiastically on Mao's initiatives, to the point that senior municipal party officials reprimanded the newspaper for highly exaggerated reports such as one that claimed the system of backyard furnaces in Chaoyan District had produced more steel than two of the city's metallurgical plants.

[8]: 150  The North China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party sent a work group to the newspaper office, reorganized the editorial board.

On March 17, 1967, the headquarters of PLA Beijing garrison declared military control of the newspaper office, many staff members were criticized and denounced.

[8]: 151  During the Cultural Revolution, Beijing Daily, along with other local newspapers, followed the leftist policy of Mao, made propaganda reports on "typical paths" of socialist construction.

The same year, a special column "Thought Discussion" was created (inspired by China Youth Daily), and attracted many manuscripts received from the folks.

Among them are: tiler Zhang Baifa, woodcutter's crew leader Li Ruihuan, fitter Ni Zhifu, hygiene worker Shi Chuanxiang, Tianqiao Department Store, Shijingshan Steel Corporation Dolomite Workshop, Pack Basket Store at Zhoukoudian Supply & Marketing Cooperative, Nanhanji Production Brigade, salesman Zhang Binggui, Great Wall Raincoat Company manager Zhang Jieshi and Big Bowl Tea Trade Group.

[16] From January to March 1971, it continually published hundreds of stories, quotations, and photographs of Wang Fuguo, a Daxing County party branch secretary.