Zhang Hongmin (; born 13 March 1961) is a Chinese

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for

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(CCTV), the main state announcer of China. He won the Golden Mic Award in 2009. He is known in 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 ...

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

Biography

Zhang was born in

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in March 1961, with his

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Tang County Tang County or Tangxian () is a county under the jurisdiction of Baoding prefecture-level city, in west-central Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions Towns: * Renhou (), Wangjing (), Gaochang (), Beiluo (), Baihe ...

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 ...

. After graduating 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 ...

in 1982 he was assigned to China Central Television to host ''Xinwen Lianbo''. On June 4, 1989, he and Du Xian reported that the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

had cleared thousands of protesting students from Tian'anmen Square. Du Xian was forced to resign for expressing sympathy, but Zhang Hongmin was released.

Works

Television

* ''Xinwen Lianbo'' ()

Awards

* 2009 Golden Mic Award.

References

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