The North China Herald was originated by the Englishman Honry Shearman with others, which published the first issue on August 1, 1850 and was the first English newspaper published in Shanghai. After the publication of the English daily of North-China Daily News in July 1864, the North China Herald became its weekly supplement, which was published every Saturday. It mainly included the announcement, circular order, comment, regulations and minutes of the consulates and Shanghai Municipal Council, as well as the advertisements, business tendering, shipping, post and telecommunications news. The Announcement made by the Shanghai Dagger Society was also published in the newspaper in 1853. It stopped the publication in 1941 when the Pacific War broke out. It was the foreign language newspaper of Shanghai of the longest history.