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Biography

Nan Zhenzhong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Lingbao, Henan Province. He graduated from Zhengzhou University in 1964, majoring in Chinese language. Nan joined the CPC in 1978.

Nan has spent his entire adult career affiliated with the Xinhua News Agency. He joined the agency in 1964, working in the news department. In the agency's Shandong branch, Nan served as a reporter, vice-president, and eventually the president. In 1985, he transferred to the agency's office of general editing and became the deputy editor-in-chief; he held the position for one year before he was made the editor-in-chief in 1986.

In the 1990s, Nan served as the vice-president and a member of the agency's leading party members' group, as well as continuing to direct the office of general editing. In 2000, he became the editor-in-chief of the agency. He was also elected as vice-president of the All-China Association of Pressmen in 1996.

Nan's skills as an editor and writer have been recognized with several journalism awards. He received a title as an Excellent Pressman of China from the National Association of Reporters in 1984 and earned the first Fan Changjiang News Award in 1991. Nan is the author of "The Responsibility System for Agricultural Production," "How I Learned to Be a Reporter," "Selected Works of Nan Zhenzhong," and "Professional Sensitivity of a Reporter and Strategic Vision of a Reporter."