Tuo Zhen

Tuo Zhen
庹震
President of the People's Daily
Assumed office
16 October 2020
Preceded byLi Baoshan
Chief Editor of the People's Daily
In office
3 April 2018 – 26 February 2022
PresidentLi Baoshan→Himself
Preceded byLi Baoshan
Succeeded byYu Shaoliang
Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
July 2015 – March 2018
HeadLiu QibaoHuang Kunming
Head of the Propaganda Department of Guangdong
In office
May 2012 – July 2015
Party SecretaryWang YangHu Chunhua
Preceded byLin Xiong
Succeeded byShen Haixiong
Personal details
Born (1959-09-09) 9 September 1959 (age 65)[1]
Nanyang, Henan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materWuhan University

Tuo Zhen (Chinese: 庹震; pinyin: Tuǒ Zhèn; born 9 September 1959) is a Chinese official, serving the Chief Editor and President of the People's Daily, the official mouthpiece of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party since April 2018. From July 2015 to March 2018 he as the deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Tuo is the former provincial propaganda chief of Guangdong, during which he was widely known for his involvement in the 2013 Southern Weekly incident. He has also served as the vice-president of the state-run Xinhua News Agency.[2]

  1. ^ Tuo Zhen (1998). 《全天候记者怎么当》 (in Chinese). China Development Press. p. Brief introduction to the author. ISBN 9787800872624. 庹震,河南方城人,生于1959年9月9日
  2. ^ 庹震同志简历. People's Daily (in Chinese). 2012-05-05.