Hu Xiaohan

Hu began his studies at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Wuhan University, in September 1979, graduating in August 1983. That same year, he joined the domestic department of the Xinhua News Agency as a trainee reporter. From 1984 to 1991, he worked as assistant editor and then editor in the second editorial office of the domestic department. Between 1991 and 1993, he served as deputy chief editor of the same division and was temporarily seconded to the General Office of Xinhua News Agency as a secretary in early 1993.^[1]

He was later appointed head editor of a related editorial office and, from 1994 to 1996, served as deputy director of the second editorial office. In 1996, Hu became director and senior editor of another editorial unit within the domestic department. From June 1997 to August 2002, he was deputy director of the domestic department and concurrently, between January 1999 and January 2000, served as the head of the News Coordination Group of the Central Publicity Department on a temporary assignment.^[2]

In August 2002, he was appointed deputy director of the domestic department and concurrently served as director of the Second Domestic News Editorial Department. From January 2004 to October 2009, Hu was director of the News Bureau of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. From October 2009 to November 2016, he headed the Policy and Regulation Research Office of the same department, while concurrently serving as vice chairman of the All-China Journalists Association from October 2006 to October 2011.^[3]

From November 2016 to September 2020, Hu served as Party secretary, executive vice chairman, and secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Journalists Association.^[4] In September 2020, he became a member of the Party Leadership Group of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC). In January 2021, he was promoted to vice chairman and secretary of the Secretariat of the federation.^[5]

Hu has also served as a delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of both the 13th and 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Additionally, he has been a member of the Committee on Culture, History and Study of the CPPCC and served as a judge for the 30th China Journalism Awards and the 16th Changjiang & Taofen Awards.^[6]