Its predecessor was the Beijing Legal News (北京法制报), which was sponsored by the Judicial and Law Enforcement Committee of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党北京市委员会政法委员会).
Legal Evening News was a China's state-run newspaper,[7] which was officially inaugurated on May 18, 2004.
[8] It was published by the Legal Evening Post Agency (法制晚报社), [9] and was shut down by the Government of China on January 1, 2019.
[12] Legal Evening News earned a reputation for cutting-edge investigative reporting and deep dives into crime and social issues.
[13] On January 1, 2019, the paper was officially shut down by the Chinese government due to rising censorship and a shift to internet advertising.