China National Radio
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| Radio network | |
| Industry | Radio Broadcasting |
| Founded | 1949 as Central People's Broadcasting Station 1998 as China National Radio |
| Headquarters | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Products | Radio content, radio programming |
| Parent | State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television |
| Website | cnr.cn |
China National Radio (CNR; simplified Chinese: 中央人民广播电台; traditional Chinese: 中央人民廣播電台; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Rénmín Guǎngbō Diàntái，literally "Central People's Broadcasting Station") is the national radio station of the People's Republic of China. Its headquarters are in Beijing.
The infrastructure began with a transmitter from Moscow to set up its first station in Yan'an (延安). It used the call sign XNCR ("New China Radio") for broadcasts, and is the first radio station set up by the Communist Party of China in 1940.
In the west, it was known as the Yan'an New China Radio Station (延安新华广播电台) broadcasting two hours daily. In China, it was called the Yan'an Xinhua Broadcasting Station, which was established on December 30, 1940.
On March 25, 1949, it was renamed Shanbei Xinhua Broadcasting Station (陕北新华广播电台) after it departed from Yan'an. It began to broadcast in Peiping under the name of Peiping Xinhua Broadcasting Station (北平新华广播电台). On December 5, 1949, it was officially named to Central People's Broadcasting Station, two months after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The station offered 15.5 hours of service daily.
Mao Zedong emphasized that all citizens should listen to the station on May 5, 1941. The "Central Press and Broadcasting Bureau" was the driver in pushing all schools, army units, and public organizations of all levels to install loud public speakers and radio reception base. By the 1960s, 70 million speakers were installed reaching the rural population of 400 million.
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