Speaker
WANG Guan
Affliation
China Global Television Network
Title
Host/Senior Correspondent
Session

Biography

Wang Guan is a TV host and news anchor at CCTV/CGTN under China Media Group (CMG). Prior to Beijing, Wang Guan covered the White House and U.S. politics from Washington D.C. as CCTV’s Chief U.S. Correspondent while in his thirties. He has interviewed over 100 heads of government, corporate executives and global leaders, including Panamanian President Juan Varela, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Henry Kissinger, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. Wang Guan is a World Economic Forum Global Young Leader. With 2.6 million followers, he is one of the most followed Chinese journalists and opinion leaders on social media. Henry Kissinger once described him as a “very thoughtful interviewer”.