Zhang Hongmin (; born 13 March 1961) is a Chinese

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for

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(CCTV), the main state announcer of China. He won the Golden Mic Award in 2009. He is known in China as an announcer for the 7:00 pm CCTV news program ''

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 ...

'', shown all over China on various networks and internationally, which is one of the most watched news programs in the world.

Biography

Zhang was born in

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in March 1961, with his

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Tang County Tang County or Tangxian () is a county under the jurisdiction of Baoding prefecture-level city, in west-central Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions Towns: * Renhou (), Wangjing (), Gaochang (), Beiluo (), Baih ...

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. After graduating from the

Communication 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 1982 he was assigned to China Central Television to host ''Xinwen Lianbo''. On June 4, 1989, he and Du Xian reported that the

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had cleared thousands of protesting students from Tian'anmen Square. Du Xian was forced to resign for expressing sympathy, but Zhang Hongmin was released.

Works

Television

* ''Xinwen Lianbo'' ()

Awards

* 2009 Golden Mic Award.

References

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