Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 7/11/2003
Career Data Updated: 10/3/2006
He Dongjun 何东均
Vice President and Secretary-General of Xinhua News Agency, Senior Correspondent for Xinhua News Agency
Born: 1944
Birthplace: Zhejiang Province, Jiangshan
Biography
He Dongjun, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province. He was born in 1947, and graduated from the Department of Journalism of People's University in 1968. He joined the CPC in 1984.
He began his journalism career as correspondent for Gansu Youth Magazine and joined Xinhua in 1978. With Xinhua, he served as deputy-director of the Inner Mongolia Bureau from 1985 to1987 and as Director of the Sichuan Bureau from 1987 to 1991. He became secretary-general of Xinhua in 1998 and was named vice-president of that organization in 2000. He is the author of "Journey to the Hexi Corridor."
