Kang Hui (; born 17 January 1972) is a Chinese news anchor for China Central Television, the main state announcer of China. He is now the President of the Broadcast,

China Central Television China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six lan ...

. He won the Golden Mike Award in 2008. He is known all over China as an announcer for the 7:00 pm CCTV News program ''

Xinwen Lianbo ''Xinwen Lianbo'' (, literally News Simulcast) is a daily news programme produced by China Central Television (CCTV), a state broadcaster. It is shown simultaneously by all local TV stations in mainland China, making it one of the world's most ...

'', which has reach all over China on various networks and internationally, is one of the most watched news programs in the world.

Biography

Kang Hui was born in

Wuji County Wuji County () is a county of Hebei Province, North China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital. The county covers an area of , and had a population of 482,799 (as of 2003). Wuji Coun ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

in January 1972, and grew up in

Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang (; ; Mandarin: ), formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang, is the capital and most populous city of China’s North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about southwest of Beijin ...

. He graduated from Shijiazhuang No.40 Meddle School and the Secondary School attached to Hebei Normal University. After graduating from

Communication University of China The Communication University of China (CUC) () is a leading public university in Beijing. It is one of the China's key universities of 'Double First Class University Plan', directly administered by the Ministry of Education of the People's Repu ...

on 23rd Nov 1992 he was assigned to

to be a host. He hosted ''

'' since December 8, 2007. On December 22, 2007, Kang Hui was employed as a professor at

Guangxi University for Nationalities Guangxi University for Nationalities (, Zhuang: Gvangjsih Minzcuz Dayoz, abbreviated GXUN or Guangxi Minda) is a provincial research university in Nanning, Guangxi. Established in 1952 to serve the ethnic minority populations in Guangxi, the uni ...

. Beginning in 2015, Kang became a host on the

CCTV New Year's Gala The ''CCTV New Year's Gala'', also known as the ''Spring Festival Gala'', and commonly abbreviated in Chinese as ''Chunwan'', is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Media Group (CMG). It is broadcast annually on the eve of Chinese N ...

. He is the first ''Xinwen Lianbo'' announcer to also host the lunar new year celebration since

Zhao Zhongxiang Zhao Zhongxiang (; 16 January 1942 – 16 January 2020) was a well-known Chinese news anchor on the national news program '' Xinwen Lianbo'' and television host. He joined China Central Television in 1959. Biography Zhao was born in Ningjin Co ...

Works

Television

* ''

Awards

* 2008 Golden Mike Award

Personal life

Kang married his school friend Liu Yajie () in Beijing in 2000.

References

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