Senior Editor Jiang Heping () is a prominent executive at China Central Television (CCTV), the state broadcaster of the

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. He is responsible for sport coverage in his roles as Executive Director of the CCTV Sports Programming Centre and Controller of

CCTV-5 CCTV-5 (), also known as the Sports Channel, part of the China Central Television family of networks, is the main sports broadcaster in the People's Republic of China. CCTV-5 began broadcasting on 1 January 1995. CCTV-5 now broadcasts 24 hou ...

, its national sports channel, and will play a key role in the broadcasting of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Career

Senior Editor Jiang was born on January 7, 1963, in

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province. Jiang studied English language and international journalism at

Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai International Studies University (SISU; ) is China's leading university in linguistics, cultural studies, and global and area studies. Established in December 1949, SISU is known for being one of the earliest institutions where China's hi ...

. He graduated in July 1987. Jiang is a member of the

Communist Party of China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

.The previous citation states that he is a CPC member. CCTV permanent staff are almost always Party members, and in 1987 graduates were assigned posts by the State. He was assigned to work at CCTV's International News Division, rising to become deputy editor and editor from 1990 to 1996. He introduced new programming, including the division's first live news bulletins. In February 1996 he was appointed deputy director of the News Department, and was permitted to take an MA in Journalism at the

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from September 1996 to September 1997, funded by the

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. He moved to become deputy director of the Foreign Language News Department in 1998, and was promoted to director in May 2000. In this role, he oversaw the launch of

CCTV-9 CCTV-9 is a television channel operated by Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), broadcasting documentaries in Mandarin Chinese. It shared the name with CCTV's English language English is a West Germanic language ...

, . In April 2003, he became deputy head of CCTV's Overseas Service and Controller of CCTV-9. He oversaw a relaunch of this channel, the launch of a new French/Spanish channel ( CCTV-E&F) and increased availability of CCTV services in North America (''Great Wall TV''). In May 2005, he became deputy director and acting director of the CCTV Sports Programming Centre. Six months later his appointment as director was confirmed, and in July 2006 he took over direct responsibility for CCTV-5. During the 2006 football

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, he was involved in the

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controversy. Since then, he has been reshaping the channel in preparation for the Olympics.

Publications

References

Sources

* . The article describes CCTV-9 under Jiang's leadership.

External links

Current official biography
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