Du was born in
Beijing in 1954. She is daughter of
Du Qinghua, an academician of the
Chinese Academy of Engineering. After graduating from
Communication University of China in 1982, she was assigned to
China Central Television to host
Xinwen Lianbo. On June 4, 1989,
Zhang Hongmin and she anchored the
Xinwen Lianbo broadcast reporting on the military crackdown on the
Tiananmen Square protests. Du appeared on air wearing a black outfit and was visibly choked up during the broadcast; she was forced to resign as a result of her perceived expression of sympathy for the student protesters. In 1997, Du joined
Phoenix Television and hosted
We Only Have One Earth,
Crossing the Sand Line, and
Looking for the Faraway Homeland. After leaving
Phoenix Television in 2002, she joined the
Communication University of China as an teacher and retired in 2014. ==Works==