Cai Mingzhao

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]

Cai Mingzhao
蔡名照
Cai Mingzhao in 2016
Deputy Director of the Education, Science, Health and Sports Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Incumbent
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	(1955-06-16) 16 June 1955 (age 70) Rizhao, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Nanjing Normal University

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cai.

Biography

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]