Cai Mingzhao

Cai Mingzhao (Chinese: 蔡名照; born June 1955) is a Chinese journalist and politician. 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]

Cai Mingzhao
蔡名照
Cai Mingzhao in 2016
President of the Xinhua News Agency
Assumed office
December 2014
Preceded byLi Congjun
Director of the State Council Information Office
In office
April 2013 – December 2014
Preceded byWang Chen
Succeeded byJiang Jianguo
Personal details
BornJune 1955 (age 64–65)
Rizhao, Shandong
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materNanjing Normal University
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cai.

Cai was born in June 1955 in Rizhao, Shandong province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1970, and the Communist Party of China 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]

Cai is a member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.[3][4]

References
  1. "Cai Mingzhao to head Xinhua news agency as China focuses on party ideology in media". South China Morning Post. 31 December 2014.
  2. "Cai Mingzhao". China Vitae. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  3. 蔡名照 [Cai Mingzhao] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  4. "List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
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