Tuo Zhen

{{Infobox officeholder

| office1 = President of the People's Daily Press

| term_start1 = 16 October 2020

| term_end1 = 27 September 2024

| predecessor1 = Li Baoshan

| successor1 = Yu Shaoliang

| office2 = Editor-in-chief of the People's Daily Press

| term_start2 = 3 April 2018

| term_end2 = 26 February 2022

| predecessor2 = Li Baoshan

| successor2 = Yu Shaoliang

| 1blankname2 = President

| 1namedata2 = Li Baoshan→Himself

| office3 = Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party

| term_start3 = July 2015

| term_end3 = March 2018

| 1blankname3 = Head

| 1namedata3 = Liu Qibao→Huang Kunming

| office4 = Head of the Propaganda Department of Guangdong

| term_start4 = May 2012

| term_end4 = July 2015

| predecessor4 = Lin Xiong

| successor4 = Shen Haixiong

| 1blankname4 = Party Secretary

| 1namedata4 = Wang Yang → Hu Chunhua

| name = Tuo Zhen

| native_name = 庹震

| native_name_lang = zh-hans-CN

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|09|09|df=yes}}{{cite book |author1=Tuo Zhen |script-title=zh:《全天候记者怎么当》 |publisher=China Development Press |isbn=9787800872624 |page=Brief introduction to the author |url=https://book.douban.com/subject/1039739/ |language=Chinese |quote=庹震，河南方城人，生于1959年9月9日|year=1998 }}

| birth_place = Nanyang, Henan, China

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Wuhan University

| relations =

| party = Chinese Communist Party

| spouse =

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}}

Tuo Zhen ({{lang-zh|s=庹震|p=Tuǒ Zhèn}}; born 9 September 1959) is a Chinese journalist and politician, serving the Chief Editor and President of the People's Daily Press, 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.{{cite web |date=2012-05-05 |title= |script-title=zh:庹震同志简历 |url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64162/123659/123801/17798950.html |work=People's Daily |language=zh}}

Biography

Tuo Zhen was born in Fangcheng County, Henan province, in 1959. His family name is extremely rare. In 1978, Tuo Zhen was admitted to Wuhan University, majoring in political economics. After graduating from university in 1982, he was assigned to work as an editor for the Economic Daily. In 2005, he was promoted to chief editor. In 2011, he was transferred to become vice president of Xinhua News Agency. In May 2012, Tuo Zhen was transferred to Guangdong province, named a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee, and head of the Guangdong Propaganda Department.

In January 2013, it is reported that under the command of Tuo Zhen, Guangdong liberal newspaper Southern Weekly was forced to add a provided commentary glorifying the CCP with its annual new year editorial, which was originally intended to call for proper implementation of the country's constitution.{{Cite web |date=2013-01-04 |title=Outrage at Guangdong newspaper forced to run party commentary |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1119378/outrage-guangdong-newspaper-forced-run-party-commentary |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2013-01-04 |title=Southern Weekly reporters confront China censors |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-20911823 |access-date=2023-07-20}} This action provoked many Southern Weekly reporters and intellectuals (include Mao Yushi, Zhang Yihe, Li Chengpeng, Zhang Sizhi, He Weifang, Leung Man-tao, Cai Ziqiang, Jiang Mingxiu, etc.) to criticize Tuo and call for his position. Over the period of a few weeks, nearly a dozen drafts were circulated between editors and propaganda officials under Tuo; ultimately the final article had evolved to look nothing like the original draft.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130106_china_nanfang.shtml |script-title=zh:两岸学者联署促罢免广东宣传部长 |access-date=2013-01-06|archive-url= |archive-date= |work=BBC |language=zh}}

In July 2015, Tuo Zhen was promoted to deputy head of the CCP Central Propaganda Department, serving as an assistant to Liu Qibao.{{cite news|script-title=zh:广东宣传部长庹震进京，有何玄机？|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/zl/zatan/2015-07-18/17354098.shtml|work=sina|date=2015-07-18|language=zh}}{{cite news|script-title=zh:海外网：庹震任中宣部副部长体现中央肯定南周事件考验智慧|url=http://sxdsb.voc.com.cn/article/201507/201507181959267030.html|work=Sxdsb.voc.com.cn|date=2015-07-18|language=zh}}

In April 2018, Tuo was appointed as the editor-in-chief of the People's Daily Press, which publishes People's Daily, the official newspaper of the CCP Central Committee.{{cite web |date=2018-04-03 |title= |script-title=zh:李宝善任人民日报社长庹震任总编辑 |url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20180403/57281570_0.shtml |access-date= |work=Phoenix Television |language=zh}} In November 2020, he was appointed President of the People's Daily Press, replacing Li Baoshan.{{cite news |author1=Yue Huairang ({{lang|zh|岳怀让}}) |date=20 October 2020 |title= |script-title=zh:庹震已任人民日报社社长、总编辑 |language=zh |work=The Paper |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_9637006 |access-date=14 November 2020}}

Works

{{cite book| title=Eyes Under the Blue Sky: Visions of a Journalist| publisher=The Economic Daily Press| year=1989| isbn= 7800361551 }}
{{cite book| title=Silent Horizon| publisher=Communication University of China| year= 1991 }}
{{cite book| title=Early Spring Sun| publisher=China Industry & Commerce Associated Press| year=1993| isbn= 7801000226 }}
{{cite book| title=Seeking Clues in Newspapers| publisher=China Industry & Commerce Associated Press| year=1994| isbn= 7801000161 }}
{{cite book| title=Watching the Borders| publisher=China Development Press| year=1995| isbn= 7800872033 }}
{{cite book| title=The Art of News Interviewing and Writing| publisher=China Worker's Press| year=1996| isbn= 9787500818687 }}
{{cite book| title=How to be an All-weather Journalist| publisher=China Development Press| year=1998| isbn= 9787800872624 }}
{{cite book| title=The Window Facing Society| publisher=China Development Press| year=1999| isbn= 9787800873430 }}