Zhou Tao (; born 23 March 1968) is a Chinese television host and actress. She won the

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Golden Crown for Best Host in 1999, the Golden Mike Awards for Television in 1999 and 2003, and received the Golden Eagle Award for Best Programme Host in 2003.

Biography

Zhou was born in

Huainan Huainan () is a prefecture-level city with 3,033,528 inhabitants as of the 2020 census in north-central Anhui province, China. It is named for the Han-era Principality of Huainan. It borders the provincial capital of Hefei to the south, Lu'an ...

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, China in 1968, she graduated 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 ...

, where she majored in broadcast. From 1993 to 1995, Zhou worked in

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, she hosted ''Beijing News''. From 1995 to present, Zhou worked as a host at

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 ...

. Zhou hosted 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 ...

from 1996 to 2011 and 2016.

Works

Television

* ''True Love Forever'' ()

Film

Awards

* 1999

– Golden Crown for Best Host * 1999 Golden Mike Award * 2003 Golden Mike Award * 2003 Golden Eagle Award for Best Programme Host

Personal life

Zhou is twice married. She was originally wed to Yao Ke (), who is a host in

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. After a turbulent divorce, she remarried Lu Yun (), her second husband, a businessman.

References

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