Shao Huaze (; born June 1933) is a

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in the

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of China. He served as president of the

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from 1992 to 2000 and president of the

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from 2000 to 2016. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th and 10th

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. He was a delegate to the

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. He was a member of the 14th and

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Biography

Shao was born in

Chun'an County Chun'an () is a county of Zhejiang Province, East China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang, containing the well-known Qiandao Lake and bordering Anhui Anhui is an inland Provi ...

Zhejiang ) , translit_lang1_type2 = , translit_lang1_info2 = ( Hangzhounese) ( Ningbonese) (Wenzhounese) , image_skyline = 玉甑峰全貌 - panoramio.jpg , image_caption = View of the Yandang Mountains , image_map = Zhejiang i ...

, in June 1933. He secondary studied at Yanzhou High School (). He enlisted in the

(PLA) in 1950, and joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in 1957. Since 1953, he studied, then taught, at what is now the

Second Military Medical University The Naval Medical University () is a public medical university in Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the People's Liberation Army Navy. The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction. The university was previously k ...

. From 1958 to 1960, he did his postgraduate work at the

Renmin University of China The Renmin University of China (RUC) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The ...

. In April 1964, he became an editor of the ''

People's Liberation Army Daily The ''People's Liberation Army Daily'' (), or ''PLA Daily'' for short, is the official newspaper of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Institutionally, the ''PLA Daily'' is the mouthpiece of and speaks for the Central Military Commission, ...

'', and was elevated to its deputy president in October 1981. He was head of the Propaganda Division of the

People's Liberation Army General Political Department The General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army (GPD; ) was the former chief political organ under the Central Military Commission of Chinese Communist Party. It led all political activities in the People's Liberation Army. Its ...

in February 1985, and held that office until June 1989. He was appointed editor-in-chief of the

in June 1989, concurrently serving as vice president of the

since January 1991. He rose to become president of the People's Daily Press in November 1992, and served until June 2000. He was chosen as president of the All-China Journalists Association in October 1996, a post he kept until November 2016. He also served as dean of the School of Journalism and Communication,

Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...

from May 2002 to October 2013, honorary president of the Photojournalist Society of China, and honorary president of the China Newspaper Association. He was promoted to the rank of major general ('' shaojiang'') in September 1988 and

('' zhongjiang'') in July 1994.

Publications

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References

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