Luo Jing (; May 29, 1961 – June 5, 2009) was a prominent

news anchor A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

for

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(CCTV), the main state broadcaster of the People's Republic of China. He was 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 ...

''. As one of China's most well-known TV personalities, Luo's voice was very distinctive amongst Chinese news announcers. During his career he was known for his professionalism and "impeccable etiquette".

Career

He began working for China Central Television in 1983, after he graduated from the

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 ...

. For 20 years he co-anchored the network's prime time news program ''

''. The program, which has reach all over China on various networks and internationally, is one of the most watched news programs in the world. Throughout his tenure, Luo, often alongside his colleague Xing Zhibin, was the news frontman of China's state-owned network for all of the nation's pivotal events since the 1980s, covering the

1989 Tiananmen Square Protests The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth ...

, the death of Chinese leader

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in 1997, and the Chinese government's decision to crack down on

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in 1999, as well as the return of

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to Chinese sovereignty in the same year. Luo also accompanied dignitaries, notably chinese leaders

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and

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, on their official visits to foreign countries to do reporting on location. From 2004–08, Luo Jing was awarded Best News Anchor of CCTV for five consecutive years. Luo was active in politics, as a delegate of the 17th Party Congress, held in Beijing in late 2007. He was also a torch bearer for the

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. His last broadcast for ''Xinwen Lianbo'' was on August 31, 2008, when he covered the funeral of former Chinese leader

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Death

Luo died of lymphoma on June 5, 2009, at the age of 48. CCTV Xinwen Lianbo, the most important news programme in China and also the programme Luo Jing had worked for 25 years, reported Luo Jing's death on June 11, 2009.

Personal life

Off camera, Luo was engaged in activities such as

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and was an amateur

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. His parents are from

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Province, and Luo himself, although born in Beijing, spoke the

Sichuan dialect Sichuanese or Szechwanese ( zh, s=, t= ; Sichuanese Pinyin: ''Si4cuan1hua4''; ), also called Sichuanese/Szechwanese Mandarin ( zh, s=四川官话, t=四川官話, p=Sìchuān Guānhuà, links=no) is a branch of Southwestern Mandarin spoken mai ...

. Luo married his classmate Liu Jihong () in 1988. They have one son, who was born in 1995, Shutong Luo.

References

External links

Luo's ''Xinwenliabo'' Broadcast, 1991 (CCTV)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luo, Jing 1961 births 2009 deaths Deaths from cancer in the People's Republic of China Chinese television presenters CCTV newsreaders and journalists Deaths from lymphoma People from Beijing Communication University of China alumni