CNBC will open a bureau in Guangzhou

CNBC announced plans Tuesday to open a bureau in Guangzhou focused on covering China tech news.

The new bureau will be headed by CNBC Asia’s technology correspondent, Arjun Kharpal, who will relocate from the network’s London headquarters.

The reporting and content from the bureau will be featured globally across all of CNBC’s platforms, including TV, CNBC.com and social.

“Guangzhou is home to some of the biggest tech players on the planet,” said KC Sullivan, president and managing director of CNBC International, speaking from CNBC’s conference, East Tech West, which kicked off Tuesday in the Nansha district of Guangzhou.

“With innovation front of mind for our global audience, our new bureau will allow us to deliver a deeper focus on the China tech story as well as enhancing our editorial presence across the Greater Bay area.”

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.