Famous Erhu Artist Zhou Wei Has a New Role

周维当选中国东方演艺集团艺术总监
4月2日，经过激烈的竞聘，周维当选中国东方演艺集团艺术总监。
周维是此次东方演艺集团企业改革诞生的三位总监之一，其他两位分别是行政和人力资源总监。谈及此次改革，中国东方演艺集团董事长、总经理顾欣说：“2013年，在全国两会胜利闭幕, 国内外形势深刻变化,既面临难得的历史机遇,也面临诸多风险挑战的宏观形势下，中国东方演艺集团推出了关乎集团前途和命运的一系列重要改革措施。”
据悉，东方演艺集团此次举行的总监级别的竞聘评委由外请专家、集团员工代表组成，其中集团员工代表由现场抽取的15名艺术家代表及5名行政人员。
2009年中国东方演艺集团进行转企改制，是全国第一个转企改制的文化央企。

Zhou Wei Becomes Artistic Director of Oriental Performing Arts Group
Famous Erhu artist Zhou Wei has been appointed artistic director of China Oriental Performing Arts Group Limited Company after a fierce competition.
Zhou was one of three directors elected during this round of new appointments along with an administrative and human resource director.
Talking ab0ut the appointments, Gu Xin, the company's chairman of the board, said, "After 2013 NPC & CPPCC sessions, great changes occurred at home and abroad. We met great opportunities and some new challenges under the new circumstances. We have had to put forward a series of imp0rtant reforms that are associated with the future and fate of our company."
The judges included specialists invited from outside the company as well as company employees. Fifteen representative artists and five administrative staffers also participated in the selection process.
China Oriental Performing Arts Group Limited Company became an enterprise in 2009. It is the first state-owned culture company to undergo such a transition.