Head of CCTV appointed new chief of State media regulator

The president of China Central Television was appointed head of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television on Thursday.

Nie Chenxi, who had been the vice-president of the administration since 2013, as well as the president of CCTV since April 2015, replaced Cai Fuchao.

Nie will also take the mantle of deputy head of the Communist Party of China Central Committee's Publicity Department.