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Cai Mingzhao

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Cai Mingzhao
Thái danh chiếu
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
DirectorYuan Guiren
President and Party Branch Secretary of theXinhua News Agency
In office
December 2014 – October 2020
Preceded byLi Congjun
Succeeded byHe Ping
Director of theCentral Office of Foreign Propaganda
In office
May 2013 – December 2014
Preceded byWang Chen
Succeeded byJiang Jianguo
Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee
In office
May 2013 – December 2014
Preceded byWang Chen
Succeeded byJiang Jianguo
Director of theState Council Information Office
In office
March 2013 – December 2014
Preceded byWang Chen
Succeeded byJiang Jianguo
Chief Editor of thePeople's Daily
In office
November 2012 – April 2013
Preceded byWu Hengquan
Succeeded byYang Zhenwu
Personal details
Born(1955-06-16)16 June 1955(age 69)
Rizhao,Shandong,China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materNanjing Normal University

Cai Mingzhao(Chinese:Thái danh chiếu;pinyin:Cài Míngzhào;born 16 June 1955) is a Chinese politician and journalist. He was appointed president of theXinhua News Agencyin December 2014, succeedingLi Congjun,who had retired.[1]Cai formerly served as deputy director of theState Council Information Officefrom 2001 to 2009, editor-in-chief of thePeople's Dailyfrom 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 inRizhao,Shandongprovince.[citation needed]

He joined thePeople's Liberation Armyin 1970, and theChinese Communist Partyin 1974. He graduated fromNanjing Normal Universityin 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 theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4]

Cai served as a member of the18thand19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Cai Mingzhao to head Xinhua news agency as China focuses on party ideology in media".South China Morning Post.31 December 2014.
  2. ^ab"Cai Mingzhao".China Vitae.Retrieved2015-01-08.
  3. ^abThái danh chiếu[Cai Mingzhao] (in Chinese).Xinhua News Agency.Archived fromthe originalon August 7, 2013.Retrieved2015-01-08.
  4. ^Nhân Dân Nhật Báo xã, Tân Hoa Xã nguyên xã trưởng tân chức vụ.qq(in Chinese). 11 November 2020.Retrieved14 November2020.
  5. ^"List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee".Xinhua News Agency. Archived fromthe originalon October 25, 2017.Retrieved2018-07-24.

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