Dong Qing

Dong Qing (Chinese: 董卿; pinyin: Dǒng Qīng; born 17 November 1973) is a Chinese television host.[1] From 2005 to 2017, she has hosted the annual CCTV New Year's Gala.

Dong Qing
董卿
Born (1973-11-17) November 17, 1973
Shanghai, China
Alma materShanghai Theatre Academy
East China Normal University
OccupationHost
Years active1993 - present
TelevisionChina Central Television (CCTV)
AwardsGolden Mike Award
2001
Golden Mike Award
2006
Golden Eagle Award for Best Programme Host
2006

She has won the Golden Mike Award's for Television in 2001 and 2006, and has received Golden Eagle Award for Best Programme Host in 2006.[1]

Biography

Dong was born in a highly educated family in Shanghai in 1973, both her father and mother were graduates of Fudan University.[1]

Dong secondary studied at Jiaxing No.1 High School, she graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1993, where she majored in broadcast, then she studied at East China Normal University.[1]

Dong worked in Zhejiang Television from 1993 to 1995 and OTV from 1995 to 2002.[1]

From May 2002 to present, Dong worked in China Central Television.[1]

Dong hosted the CCTV New Year's Gala from 2005 to 2017.

In 2016, she began her plan to produce a show about reading. The first episode of her show Readers went on air in February 2017 and became an instant hit.[2]

Awards

Personal life

Dong maintains a very low profile with her personal life. The only two relationships she has shared with the public are her first love (a Zhejiang University graduate student) and her relationship with a civil servant in Shanghai after she returned to Shanghai to start a new page of her career.

References

  1. 从地方台跳槽央视后大红大紫的女主播. Huaxun (in Chinese). 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  2. Li Ping (22 February 2017). "TV program 'Readers' rekindles passion for literature across China". China Daily. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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