Cui Yongyuan is a former Chinese TV host and professor at Communication University of China.
18 Facts About Cui Yongyuan
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From 2012 to 2013 Cui Yongyuan hosted the Chinese version of Thank God You Are Here.
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Cui Yongyuan left CCTV in 2013 to be a professor at his alma mater Communication University of China.
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Ethnically Korean, Cui Yongyuan was born on February 20,1963, in the Beichen District of Tianjin.
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When Cui Yongyuan was four years old, the family moved to Beijing where Cui Yongyuan received his primary and secondary education, attending Liangxiang Elementary School, Fengtai No 3 Primary School, and Beijing No 12 High School, before entering into the Communication University of China.
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Cui Yongyuan was named as one of the Top Ten Best Hosts of CCTV for 2005.
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Cui Yongyuan has made several appearances at the CCTV New Year's Gala.
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Cui Yongyuan appeared twice in skits featuring Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan entitled Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow in 1999 and again in 2006.
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Cui Yongyuan sang and danced with Taiwan actress Ruby Lin in 2000.
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Cui Yongyuan left CCTV the next year to be a professor at Communication University of China.
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In January 2015, Cui Yongyuan briefly returned to TV when he signed with Shanghai-based Dragon Television to host the program "Eyes on Dongfang", which, nevertheless, closed down after three months for unknown reasons.
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In 2014, Cui Yongyuan claimed that Fang operated an illegal trust fund and bought a luxurious house in California worth US$670,000 with money earned through deceitful and shady practices.
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Chinese-language media has cited fallout from the conflict as a reason Cui Yongyuan has decided to leave the state broadcaster for a teaching position at his alma mater Communications University of China.
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On March 26,2015, Cui Yongyuan gave a talk at Fudan University on the topic of GMO.
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On June 8,2015, Cui Yongyuan posted on his Weibo that China Record Corporation has subcontracted the digitization of some historical documents to a Japanese company, which including the release of master copies to the contractor.
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Cui Yongyuan claimed that such act was in violation of regulations on data security and needed to be reported.
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In late 2018, Cui Yongyuan brought the case, popularly known as the "billion yuan mining rights case" since, to public attention by alleging on Weibo that crucial case files had been "stolen" in 2016 during the Supreme People's Court's proceedings.
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Cui Yongyuan suggested that Zhou Qiang, then Chief Justice and President of the Supreme People's Court, of colluding in the disappearance of the case files.