Last Name: Li First name: Xiaoping Nationality: Chinese

Research Associate, Center for International Communications Studies, Tsinghua University May 2000- present

Executive Producer/Program Director of International Division, Current Affairs Department, China Central Television April, 1994 - Present Responsible for two daily current affairs programs, entitled "Focus" and "Oriental Horizon". International Division works on major world issues, Sino-foreign relations, international conference, organizations, figures and background.

*As a journalist visiting Iraq to report on the Iraqi Crisis. Nov.1998-Dec.1998

*Participant, the World Television Forum Conference, organized by the United Nations in New York, Nov.1997

*Participant, International Visitors Program, administered by USIA, visited Department of States, Freedom Forum, universities and television stations in US, such as Nightline in ABC, The NewsHour with Jim Leher in PBS, Dateline in NBC, CBS, CNN etc. Sept.1997

*As a journalist visiting Thailand to report the First Asia-Europe Summit Meeting in March 1996.

Producer/Director of Current Affairs Division, International News Department, China Central Television 1991 - 1993 Responsible for a weekly international current affairs program, entitled "the World Today".

*As one of the journalists covering the official visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng to Italy, Switzerland, Portugal and Spain in early1992.

*As one of the journalists covering the official visit of the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Hu Yaobang, to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Western Samoa in 1985.

News Editor, News Department, China Central Television 1983-1984 Responsible for editing daily international television news received via satellite

News Editor, News Department, China Central Television 1976-1983 Responsible for reporting the activities of leaders of the Chinese government and the Communist Party, and official visits of leaders of foreign states, as well as national conferences and major political events

*As one of the journalists covering Chinese vice-prime Minister Deng Xiaoping's official visit to the U.S.A. in early 1979.

Certificate in the Examination for the First Certificate in English, Cambridge University, U.K. June 1990

M.A. by research in television studies, supervised by Emeritus Professor Jay Blumler and Professor Tom Nossiter, Center for Television Research, Leeds University, U.K. Dec.1989. Title of the MA thesis: A Sino-British Comparison of Television News.

B.A. in Chinese Literature, Department of Chinese Literature, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, P.R.China.1976

"The World in Focus" Edited by LI Xiaoping, 426 pages, Huaxia Publishing House, Beijing, P.R.China, May 1998

"TV Production of Current World Affairs Program" Television Research, Vol.11, Nov.1997, Beijing, P.R.China

"Brief History of China Central Television" People's Publishing House, Beijing, P.R.China 1993 (joint author)

"A Comparative Study on Sino-British TV News" Journalism Forum, Vol.16, Dec.1992, China Renmin University Press, Beijing, P.R.China (joint author)

"The Chinese Television System and Television News", The China Quarterly, No.126, June 1991, School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London, U.K.

Ref: CV in English/9/2000