On July 4th, the Shougang Today APP (client) Version 3.0 was officially launched. Combining the new trends and characteristics of APP and mobile Internet information dissemination, this version achieves the organic integration of Shougang Daily, TV video, picture news, instant news, user interaction, and other forms to serve users with richer content and warmer, higher-quality, and more thought-provoking news.

Since its launch in 2014, the Shougang Today APP (client) has achieved the leap-forward development of Shougang Daily’s communication channels and become an effective means to focus on the central tasks, serve the overall interests, adapt to Shougang’s development patterns for multiple industries and regions, and spread positive energy, as well as becoming a learning database for the leading officials and workers of the Group, thereby constantly improving the dissemination capability, guiding force, influence, and credibility of Shougang Daily in the field of online public opinion.

This upgrade is the second revision after the upgrading and optimization in 2017. The Shougang Today APP Version 3.0 focuses on creating the two features of “news + service” based on the service philosophy of “User First”. Along with original news columns such as important news, recommendations, comments, Shougang’s figures, videos, picture news, Shougang’s brands, etc., it adds more functions such as live event broadcast, contributions, and newspaper materials in order to fully interact with users and provide a rich and broad audio-visual experience. Among them, the “Shouganghao” column intelligently aggregates Shougang news from all over China, provides localized news feeds based on users’ positioning information to allow users to know the latest news of Shougang in the first instance, and improves users’ reading experience while meeting their personalized needs. In the “Reading Newspapers” column, users can browse the upgraded electronic version of Shougang Daily. The new version adds the function of sharing newspaper pages with third-party platforms, thus enhancing interactivity.

Users who have installed the Shougang Today APP can open the software on their mobile phones for direct upgrade, while those who have not installed it can search for “Shougang Today” in the “Huawei AppGallery”, “Xiaomi GetApps” and “Apple APP Store” to download and install it, or scan the QR code on the masthead of this article. In addition, users can also follow the “Shougang News Center WeChat Official Account” and reply with “APP Upgrade” to view the installation tutorial.