Ye Yingchun (; born January 23, 1970) is a Chinese news anchor and journalist for China's state-run broadcaster

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. She is known for hosting various programs on

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, the official Chinese-language channel targeting overseas viewers. In August 2014, Hong Kong–based

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reported that Ye had been detained for investigation in connection with the

Zhou Yongkang Zhou Yongkang (; born December 3, 1942) is a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2007–2012) elected Zhou to be one of the nine members of the 17th Politburo ...

case.

Career

Ye Yingchun was born in

Jingdezhen Jingdezhen is a prefecture-level city in eastern Jiangxi province with a total population of 1,669,057 (2018), bordering Anhui to the north. It is known as the "Porcelain Capital" because it has been producing Chinese ceramics for at least 1,0 ...

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province in 1970. She attended the Beijing Broadcasting Institute (now

Communications University of China The Communication University of China (CUC) is a public university in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction and Project 211. CUC developed from ...

). In 1991, she became a TV host on the local television station in Jingdezhen. In 1993 she became an anchor on the Jiangxi provincial version of ''

Xinwen Lianbo ''Xinwen Lianbo'' () is a Chinese daily news television programme produced by state-owned television broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). It is shown simultaneously by all local TV stations in mainland China, making it one of the world ...

''. In 1994 she was admitted to graduate school at the Department of Journalism of the Beijing Broadcasting Institute. She then joined CCTV, initially as the anchor of the program ''Military Report'' (軍事報導). She also took part in the CCTV broadcasts for the return of Hong Kong and Macau to Chinese sovereignty,

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, the completion of the

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, the war in Iraq, the

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, the fight against

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, and the

2008 Sichuan earthquake An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 (7.9–8.3 ), the earthquake's epicenter was located boxing the compass, west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial ...

. Ye has won numerous awards, including the

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, for her television work because of her colloquial and accessible presentation style and tone. She also was a member of China Youth Federation, China Social Work Association, and was a Vice Chairman of Jiangxi Youth Federation. Ye's last social media feed was recorded in September 2013. Chinese-language media reported that Ye rendezvoused with former Chinese domestic security chief

in Beijing in November 2013, only two days before the latter was detained for a corruption investigation.

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Career

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