China Economic Times (), sometimes abbreviated as CET, also known as Zhongguo Jingji shibao, is a simplified Chinese newspaper published in the People's Republic of China. The paper is a comprehensive daily newspaper focusing on the economy, inaugurated in Beijing on 1 November 1994, and is sponsored by the Development Research Center of the State Council. CCPPD banned CET reporter Pang Jiaoming In October 2007, Pang Jiaoming (庞皎明), an investigative reporter of the China Economic Times was asked to be fired by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CCPPD) for publishing an embarrassing report on the state of China's railway infrastructure before the "sensitive" 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Under pressure from the CCPPD, Pang was fired and banned from journalism. But, he later changed his name to "Shangguan Jiaoming" (上官敫铭) and entered the in-depth news department of the Southern Metropolis Daily. References Newspapers published in Asia Publications established in 1994 Daily newspapers published in China Chinese-language newspapers (Simplified Chinese)