Wang Xuming, Minister of Education, is also the president of China Publishing House, and is mainly responsible for compiling teaching materials. 20 14 Southern Weekend interviewed Wang Xuming, former spokesperson of the Ministry of Education and president of China Publishing House, on the issue of textbook deletion. Wang Xuming made it very clear that he chose to delete "Who is the cutest person" from the Chinese textbook because he felt: "Thinking about it is still not in line with the status quo."