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Shen Haixiong

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Shen Haixiong
慎海雄
Shen in 2018
Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
Assumed office
March 2018
HeadHuang Kunming
Li Shulei
President of the China Media Group
Assumed office
21 March 2018
PremierLi Keqiang
Li Qiang
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born (1967-04-04) April 4, 1967 (age 57)
Wuxing, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
EducationExecutive MBA
Bachelor's Degree
Alma materShanghai Jiaotong University
Hangzhou University

Shen Haixiong (Chinese: 慎海雄; pinyin: Shèn Hǎixióng; born April 4, 1967) is a Chinese journalist and propaganda official, serving as a deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party and head of the China Media Group, the umbrella state media organization.[1]

Biography

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Shen was born in Wuxing, Huzhou, Zhejiang. He earned a bachelor's degree in Chinese at Hangzhou University, then an executive MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University. He spent much of his career as a reporter and news editor, starting at the Zhejiang provincial division of Xinhua News Agency, then the editor-in-chief of the Shanghai branch of Xinhua, specializing in finance. He was selected for the "ten best Xinhua journalists" award in its inaugural year. In addition, he has worked in Korean Broadcasting System and Asahi Shimbun for more than five years. During much of this time he worked under Xi Jinping, who was Community Party secretary in Zhejiang then Shanghai. In 2010, while serving in Shanghai, he was named "outstanding and progressive individual" by the Chinese government for his work at Expo 2010 in Shanghai. In August 2012 he was elevated to deputy editor-in-chief of Xinhua, then in July 2014 the deputy director of the agency (vice-minister level).[2]

In July 2015, Shen was transferred to become a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee of Guangdong and provincial propaganda chief.[3] On 21 March 2018, Shen was appointed as the head of China Central Television (CCTV).[4] At the time, he was appointed as the President of China Media Group, which is the combination of China Central Television, China National Radio and China Radio International.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 中央广播电视总台台长慎海雄出任中宣部副部长. ifeng (in Chinese). 2018-03-28.
  2. ^ "China Vitae : Biography of Shen Haixiong". www.chinavitae.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ 广东宣传部长庹震进京,有何玄机?. Sina (in Chinese). 2015-07-18.
  4. ^ "国务院任免国家工作人员 慎海雄任国家新闻出版广电总局副局长兼央视台长". 中国政府网. 9 February 2018.
  5. ^ 慎海雄任中央广播电视总台台长 (in Simplified Chinese). NetEase. China Central Television. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
Government offices
Preceded by
Himself
as President of China Central Television
President of China Media Group
21 March 2018 –
Incumbent
Preceded byas President of China National Radio
Preceded byas President of China Radio International
Preceded by President of China Central Television
9 February 2018 – 21 March 2018
Post abolished
Party political offices
Preceded by Head of the Publicity Department of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
2015–2018
Succeeded by