Língua Portuguesa Dr. Stanley Ho) under a Cooperation Protocol between CUC, Camões Institute (Portugal) and IPOR (Macau) since 2005. Rank Communication University of China is widely regarded as one of the most competitive universities for admission in China. In September 2017, CUC was selected as one of 140 Double First Class University Plan universities approved by the Ministry of Education. In the fourth round of China University Subject Rankings (CUSR) by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2018, Communication University of China ranked first in mainland China with its two disciplinary areas evaluated as A+ disciplines, including "Journalism and Communication" and "Drama, Film and Television Studies" and ranked third with A− in "Art Theory", tenth with B+ in "Design", 19th with B in "Fine Arts" in China. Campus location CUC's 116.88 hectare main campus is located in Dingfuzhuang, eastern part of Chaoyang District, Beijing. It is just outside the Eastern 5th Ring Road, and is just along the Beijing-Tong County expressway. The campus is linked by the Communication University of China Station of Beijing subway Batong Line. Affiliations Communication University of China Press Communication University of China, Nanjing Established in 2004, CUCN is an independent private university in the southern city of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is directly supervised by the board of directors, with CUC's former president as the honorary head of the board. Notable alumni Communication University of China is known for fostering media administrators, producers, journalists and TV presenters in China. Some of its notable alumni include: Media administrators Liu Changle: Chairman of Phoenix Satellite Television based in Hong Kong. Wang Jiyan: VP of Phoenix TV Hong Kong and head of the Phoenix Chinese Channel. Yang Hongxin: Director of Xinjiang Television Media personalities Luo Jing, news presenter from China Central Television Cui Yongyuan, television host from China Central Television Bi Fujian, television host from China Central Television Chen Luyu, a Phoenix Television talk show host. Li Yong, television host from China Central Television Bai Yansong, news presenter from China Central Television Chai Jing, former journalist from China Central Television Chen Luyu, host from Hong Kong's Phoenix Television Zhang Haijie, news presenter from Singapore's MediaCorp Channel 8 Chen Xiaonan, a Phoenix Television talk show host. Li Xiang, actress, television host and singer. Alex Man, Hong Kong actor Dong Zhen, singer-songwriter Sandra Ma, television and movie actress Zining, singer-songwriter, Rocket Girls 101's member Li Yi, narrator and voice actor.