县市区域报的前身是县市区党报,只不过前者比后者数量更少、更集中在经济发达区域。2003年全国报刊治理终结了四级办党报的时代,全国保留的县市区报都退出党报系列,作为综合类服务性区域报纸走向市场,由省市报业集团或报社主管主办①。这是治理报刊散滥,减轻基层和农民负担的重 The predecessor of the county and city regional newspapers is the county and city party newspapers, except that the former is in a smaller number than the latter, and is more concentrated in economically developed regions. In 2003, when the administration of newspapers and periodicals in the country came to an end, the time-honored newspapers and periodicals of the four levels were terminated. All the county newspapers and periodicals in the country were withdrawn from the Party newspapers and newspapers and went to the market as comprehensive service-oriented regional newspapers. This is to control the spread of newspapers, reduce the burden on grass-roots and peasants