Zhuang Rongwen | |||||||||||||
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庄荣文 | |||||||||||||
| Deputy Head of thePublicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office April 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Head | Huang Kunming Li Shulei | ||||||||||||
| Director of theCyberspace Administration of China | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office August 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Xu Lin | ||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||
| Born | February 1961 (age 64) | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Hohai University | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 庄荣文 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 莊榮文 | ||||||||||||
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Zhuang Rongwen (Chinese:庄荣文;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Chng Êng-bûn; born February 1961) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as director of theCyberspace Administration of China, director of the Office of the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Commission, deputy director of theState Council Information Office, and deputy head of thePublicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
He is a representative of the20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2] Zhuang was included in Time 100 AI list in 2024.[3]
Zhuang was born inQuanzhou,Fujian, in February 1961, and graduated fromHohai University.[4]
Zhuang joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1987.[4] He assumed various administrative and political roles in Fujian before being transferred to the central government in 2010.[4]
He was director of the Department of Economy, Science and Technology of theOverseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council in December 2010 and subsequently deputy director of the office in June 2014.[4] In August 2015, he was appointed deputy director of theCyberspace Administration of China.[4] He was appointed deputy head of thePublicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party in April 2018, concurrently serving as head of theNational Press and Publication Administration.[5] He was chosen as director of theState Internet Information Office in August 2018.[4] He also serves as director of the Office of the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Commission and deputy director of the State Council Information Office.
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Deputy Director of theOverseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council 2014–2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy Director of the State Internet Information Office 2015–2018 | Succeeded by |
| New title | Head of theNational Press and Publication Administration 2018 | Succeeded by TBA |
| Preceded by | Deputy Director of the State Council Information Office 2018– | Incumbent |
| Director of the State Internet Information Office 2018– | Incumbent | |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Deputy Director of Central Network Security and Informatization Leading Group Office 2015–2018 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Director of the Office of the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Commission 2018– | Incumbent |