Fan Zhengwei

Fan Zhengwei
范正伟
President and Communist Party Secretary of Global Times
Assumed office
December 2021
PresidentHimself
Preceded byHu Xijin
Personal details
BornAugust 1980 (age 44)
Suide County, Shaanxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPeking University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFàn Zhèngwěi

Fan Zhengwei (Chinese: 范正伟; born 1980) is a Chinese journalist and the current party secretary and president of Global Times, a tabloid under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party's official People's Daily newspaper, since December 2021.[1][2]

Biography

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Fan was born in Suide County, Shaanxi, in 1980. He attended Peking University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in literature and master's degree in law. In December 2021, he was appointed party secretary and president of Global Times, succeeding Hu Xijin.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ 环球时报换“头”党报笔杆子来了. rfi.fr. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ 80后范正伟空降任《环球时报》社长. orientaldaily.com. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Hu Xijin, Head of "China's Fox News," Says He'll Retire". The New York Times. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  4. ^ Jill Disis; Nectar Gan (16 December 2021). "Top editor at nationalist Chinese state tabloid retires". CNN. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  5. ^ Jane Cai (16 December 2021). "High-profile Chinese newspaper chief and US critic Hu Xijin retires". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Global Times
2021–present
Incumbent
Media offices
New title President of Global Times
2021–present
Incumbent