Shen Haixiong | |
|---|---|
| 慎海雄 | |
 Shen in 2018 | |
| Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| Assumed office March 2018 | |
| Head | Huang Kunming Li Shulei |
| President of the China Media Group | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2018 | |
| Premier | Li Keqiang Li Qiang |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 4, 1967 Wuxing, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Education | Executive MBA Bachelor's Degree |
| Alma mater | Shanghai 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
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "China Vitae : Biography of Shen Haixiong". www.chinavitae.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ↑ 广东宣传部长庹震进京，有何玄机？. Sina (in Chinese). 2015-07-18.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.