Qiángguó Lùntán (强国论坛, lit. “Strengthen the Nation¹⁾ Forum”), also known as Qiángguó (强国), is a Chinese bulletin board, hosted by the People's Daily Online, that launched on May 9, 1999.²⁾ It's mostly about politics, being run by the Communist Party of China's newspaper.

On May 9, 1999, the People's Daily Online established the “Intense Protests Against NATO Atrocities BBS Forum” (强烈抗议北约暴行BBS论坛, Qiángliè Kàngyì Běiyuē Bàoxíng BBS Lùntán),³⁾ whose name protested the recent United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in NATO's bombing of FR Yugoslavia. The name was later shortened to “Qiángguó Lùntán” (强国论坛) by June 19, 1999.

Throughout the years, the forum was best known for interviewing high-profile politicians, such as Dmitry Medvedev in 2007⁴⁾ as part of a Sino-Russian joint initiative⁵⁾ and Hu Jintao in 2008.⁶⁾⁷⁾ In addition, the website also had blogs in 2006, a social bookmarking service in 2008, and a government petition system in 2009, though these were later removed by the early 2020s.

• “E-Zhèng Guǎngchǎng” (E政广场, lit. “E-Government Plaza”) was a public consultation platform for local and national matters at “ezheng.people.com.cn”, which ran from 2009 to 2019.
  • It may have inspired the Statesian petition platform, We the People, which has a similar lifespan of 2011 to 2021, though the platform was ironically neglected by the late 2010s.
• The derogatory nickname is “Qiángguó Lùntán” (墙国论坛, lit. “Walled Nation Forum”), often used by anti-communists regarding alleged “internet censorship” despite the availability of VPNs.

• Tianya - Historically, a counterpart for those south of the Yangzi River.⁸⁾

• Qiangguo Luntan - The front page of Qiangguo.