Hai Xia (; born 9 March 1972) is a Chinese news anchor for China Central Television, the main state announcer of China. She won the Golden Mic Award in 2007. Hai Xia 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

Hai Xia was born in

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the Nationa ...

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is a ...

in 1972, and she is of the

Hui people The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the ...

descent. she studied at Zhengzhou Muslim School. 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 Rep ...

in 1993 she was assigned to

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 ...

to host ''Morning News'', ''Nightly News'', and ''Live News''. Hai Xia hosted ''

'' since 2007. In 2008, she became a member of the 11th National Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

Works

Television

* ''Morning News'' () * ''Nightly News'' () * ''Live News'' () * ''

'' ()

Awards

* 2007 Golden Mic Award

Personal life

Hai Xia was married to Luo Yongzhang (), who is a professor at

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...

, their daughter, Luo Luo (), was born in 2002.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hai, Xia 1972 births People from Zhengzhou Beijing Normal University alumni Communication University of China alumni Hui people Living people CCTV newsreaders and journalists Members of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference