Wang Lanyi seems to agree.
In an interview with The Beijing News, she says a good weatherperson is able to make the audience remember the weather instead of the anchor.
Wang has been hosting weather forecast programs since 2001 for two TV networks before she was chosen by CCTV three months ago.
To become a CCTV anchor, Wang and Feng have to earn at least three certificates, namely, the top mandarin certificate, qualification issued by the Radio, Television and Film Administration, and the approval of an audition committee of CCTV.
Like most of the program's anchors, Wang did not major in meteorology in college. She studied in the school of "presentation art "- literally how to be an anchor - in Communication University of China, the same department and campus of the other four hosts of the program, namely Song Yingjie, Zhao Hongyan, Pei Xinhua and Yang Dan
Song, the first TV weatherman in China, is the only meteorology major in the team.
He graduated from Beijing Institute of Meteorology, now a training center of China Meteorology Administration.
Wang says she could make up by learning from meteorologists around. As the foremost weather program, the CCTV-1 weather forecast enjoys a close connection with China Meteorology Administration and the country's top experts.
The biggest challenge she thinks she faces now is how to build up trust among audience.
