Cai Fuchao (; born April 1951) is a Chinese journalist, politician, and propaganda official. He previously served as deputy head of the

Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party The Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, also known as the Propaganda Department or Central Propaganda Department, is an internal division of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in charge of spreading C ...

and director of the

State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) is a ministry-level executive agency controlled by the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its main task is the administration and supervision of state-owned enterpr ...

(formerly State Administration for Radio and Television, or SARFT), and vice-mayor of

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

. Cai was born and raised in Beijing, and spent much of his career there. He has a doctorate in literature. He began work as a traffic publicity office worker, then in 1979 he began working for ''

Beijing Daily ''Beijing Daily'' () is the official newspaper of the Beijing municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Founded on October 1, 1952, it has since 2000 been owned by the Beijing Daily Group, which also runs eight other newspapers. It ...

'', the Communist Party's flagship local newspaper of Beijing. There he worked as a journalist and also worked in its business department. He was later promoted to deputy editor-in-chief. In June 1998, he became deputy head of propaganda in Beijing and head of the municipal information office. In 2002, he was named to the municipal

Party Standing Committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I ...

, and became propaganda chief of Beijing. In 2008 he began serving concurrently as vice mayor of Beijing. In March 2011, he was transferred to serve as deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party, and also took over as head of SARFT. SARFT was reformed in 2013 and became the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. Cai was a member of the

18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 18th National Congress on 15 November 2012, and sat in plenary sessions until the communing of the 19th National Congress in 2017. It was formally proceeded by the 17t ...

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