Cai Mingzhao
Cai Mingzhao | |
|---|---|
| 蔡名照 | |
.jpg) Cai Mingzhao in 2016 | |
| Deputy Director of the Education, Science, Health and Sports Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| Assumed office 11 November 2020 | |
| Director | Yuan Guiren |
| President and Party Branch Secretary of the Xinhua News Agency | |
| In office December 2014 – October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Li Congjun |
| Succeeded by | He Ping |
| Director of the Central Office of Foreign Propaganda | |
| In office May 2013 – December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Wang Chen |
| Succeeded by | Jiang Jianguo |
| Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee | |
| In office May 2013 – December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Wang Chen |
| Succeeded by | Jiang Jianguo |
| Director of the State Council Information Office | |
| In office March 2013 – December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Wang Chen |
| Succeeded by | Jiang Jianguo |
| Chief Editor of the People's Daily | |
| In office November 2012 – April 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Wu Hengquan |
| Succeeded by | Yang Zhenwu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1955 Rizhao, Shandong, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Nanjing Normal University |
Cai Mingzhao (Chinese: 蔡名照; pinyin: Cài Míngzhào; born 16 June 1955) is a Chinese politician and journalist. He was appointed president of the Xinhua News Agency in December 2014, succeeding Li Congjun, who had retired.[1] Cai formerly served as deputy director of the State Council Information Office from 2001 to 2009, editor-in-chief of the People's Daily from September 2012 to April 2013, and director of the State Council Information Office from April 2013 to December 2014.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Cai was born in June 1955 in Rizhao, Shandong province.[citation needed]
He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1970, and the Chinese Communist Party in 1974. He graduated from Nanjing Normal University in 1983, majoring in Chinese. He worked for the Xinhua News Agency, specializing in science reporting.[2] On November 11, 2020, he was appointed deputy director of the Education, Science, Health and Sports Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4]
Cai served as a member of the 18th and 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cai Mingzhao to head Xinhua news agency as China focuses on party ideology in media". South China Morning Post. 31 December 2014.
- ^ a b 蔡名照 [Cai Mingzhao] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
- ^ 人民日报社、新华社原社长的新职务. qq.com (in Chinese). 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
External links
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Media related to Cai Mingzhao at Wikimedia Commons
- Living people
- 1955 births
- People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong
- Politicians from Rizhao
- 21st-century Chinese journalists
- Nanjing Normal University alumni
- Xinhua News Agency people
- Delegates to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
- Delegates to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
- Delegates to the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
- Delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference