Competition on bars
05 September 2013
Chinese gymnasts compete for medals on the horizontal, parallel and uneven bars in September 2013 at the National Athletic Meet in Shenyang, China. photojournalist, China
Jia Guorong is an editorial advisory board member and senior photojournalist at China News Service. Before becoming a photographer, he served in the army. He graduated from university in 1983. Jia was appointed director of the photo department in 1995. The following year, he was a correspondent in Hong Kong and Macao in 1996, as well as a judge and a specialist at Forum of Freedom held by Xinhua News Agency, Associated Press and Time magazine in 1996. He was the chief correspondent for the agency’s Los Angeles bureau in 2004. He returned to China in 2008 and covered the Sichuan earthquake. Jia won third prize in the category sports singles of the 45th World Press Photo in 2002.
