On the eve of New Year's Day 2020, more than ten newspapers including Tianfu Morning Post, City Express, Shanghai Financial News, and Wuhan Morning Post announced their closure. On May 5, Fujian Provincial Urban Daily Southeast Express officially issued a "letter to readers".

As a long-established print newspaper founded in 8 with 2000.150 million readers, the Southeast Express wrote: "It is a great pity that we did not survive our winter and have to say goodbye to you for the time being"