In 1930, the newspaper was first known in Kyrgyz as "Sabattuu bol" (, 'Be Literate') and was written in the Kirghiz ASSR. Dungan writers Yasir Shiwazi and Husein Makeyev started working on the newspaper. In January 1932, it was published in Dungan as "Dong Huexir" ('Spark of the East', , ) in the capital city of what was formerly known as Frunze. It held its name before the newspaper ceased publications in 1939. When the Soviet Dungan newspaper resumed publication in 1957, it was renamed the "Sulian huizu bao" ('Soviet Hui Newspaper', , ) while Shiwazi was appointed its editor-in-chief, holding that post until his retirement in 1965. In 1958, Shiwazi then renamed the newspaper to the "Shiyuedi qi" ('October Banner', , ), and during this time, the newspaper appeared twice a month with circulation to about 4,400 copies every two weeks. During the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the newspaper was renamed once again to "Huimin bao" and the circulation was changed to monthly with about 3,000 copies today.