Dong Qing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Dǒng.

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

Dong Qing
董卿
Born	(1973-11-17) November 17, 1973 (age 51) Shanghai, China
Alma mater	Shanghai Theatre Academy East China Normal University
Occupation	Host
Years active	1993 - present
Television	China Central Television (CCTV)
Awards	Golden Mike Award 2001 Golden Mike Award 2006 Golden Eagle Award for Best Programme Host 2006

She won the Golden Mike Award's for Television in 2001 and 2006, and 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

• 2001 Golden Mic Award's for Television^[1]
• 2006 Golden Mic Award's for Television^[1]
• 2006 Golden Eagle Award for Best Programme Host^[1]

Personal life

Her first love was a Zhejiang University graduate student. She next had a relationship with a civil servant in Shanghai.^{[citation needed]} She later married Chinese businessman Chunlei Mi.^[3]