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"Southern Metropolis Daily" ("SMD") was first created in 1995. It is located in the Guangzhou City of the greater Guangdong and Pearl River Delta area. It was first established as a weekly newspaper under the name "Southern weekly". It was created as a constituent branch of the Nanfang media group, all of which are a part of the Southern Media Group. The name "Southern Metropolis" was extended to "Southern Metropolis Daily" in 1997 by The Nanfang Media Group, by which it was also established as a tabloid media form. "SMD" competes with other daily newspapers in the Guangdong region; including but not limited to "Information Times", "Southern Weekly", "Yangcheng Evening News" and "Guangzhou Daily". The "SMD" headquarters was created in 1997, located in Guangzhou China which is where it still resides. "SMD" is written in simplified Mandarin "SMD" has a circulation of 1.845 million people. "SMD" is a public media production company. It is ranked first amongst all local newspapers in the city of Guangzhou.