Li Xiuping (; born 16 February 1963) is a former Chinese news anchor for China Central Television, the main state announcer of China.
She won the Golden Mike Award in 2009.
She is known all over China as an announcer for the 7:00 pm CCTV News program ''
Xinwen Lianbo'', which has reach all over China on various networks and internationally, is one of the most watched news programs in the world.
Biography
Li was born in February 1963 in
Lanzhou
Lanzhou (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. H ...
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Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
, with her father Li Linxu () was a bridge engineer who worked at the First Surveying & Designing Institute of the Ministry of Railways.
she entered
Communication University of China in 1983, majoring in broadcasting, where she graduated in 1987. After graduation, she joined the
Gansu Television,
Li anchored the ''
Xinwen Lianbo'' since October 13, 1989.
In February 2013, Li was employed as a professor at
Northwest Normal University.
Works
Television
* ''
Xinwen Lianbo'' ()
Awards
* 2009 Golden Mike Award.
Personal life
Li was married to a Chinese politician
Zhang Chunxian, who is a member of the
Politburo of the Communist Party of China and the
Party secretary of
Xinjiang, the couple has a daughter.
References
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1963 births
People from Lanzhou
Communication University of China alumni
Living people
CCTV newsreaders and journalists