| Office1: | Director of the Information Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council | ||||||
| Term Start1: | 10 November 2023 | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Ma Xiaoguang | ||||||
| Chen Binhua | |||||||
| Native Name: | 陈斌华 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1971 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Zhao'an County, Fujian, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Xiamen University Peking University | ||||||
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Chen Binhua (; born 18 September 1971) is a Chinese journalist and politician currently serving as director and spokesperson of the Information Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.[1]
Chen was born in Zhao'an County, Fujian, on 18 September 1971.[2] In 1989, he enrolled at Xiamen University, where he majored in Chinese language and literature.[2] From 2002 to 2005, he did his postgraduate work at the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University.[2]
After graduating in 1993, Chen became a journalist for Xinhua News Agency, mainly engaged in news coverage of cross-strait relations.[2] He was one of the first journalists stationed in Taiwan from the Chinese mainland and visited Taiwan for dozens of times between 2001 and 2015.[2]
Chen got involved in politics in April 2016, and finally became deputy director of the Economic Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. On 1 June 2023, he was chosen as deputy director of Information Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office, rising to director on 10 November.[2] [3]