Marc Stewart is an international correspondent based at CNN’s bureau in Beijing, reporting across the network’s television and digital platforms.

While in China, he has played a key role covering ongoing diplomatic and economic talks with the United States and President Xi Jinping and visits to China by Russian Leader Vladimir Putin. He has also spent time reporting the impact of the economy on the daily lives of Chinese citizens, the changing demographics of China, and has been granted rare access to the nation’s space exploration program. In addition, he has focused on technological advances in the electric vehicle industry as well as extreme weather and climate change.

Previously, he was?at CNN’s bureaus in Tokyo and Hong Kong where he reported on some of the region’s biggest stories including the 2023 G7 summit in Hiroshima, the lifting of COVID restrictions in China and the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan where he was given the unique opportunity to visit the facility.

Stewart has conducted one-on-one interviews with Japan’s Foreign Minister, the United States Ambassador to Japan and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.?In addition, he profiled China’s first Formula One driver, Zhou Guanyu while on the race circuit in Austin, Texas.

Stewart also serves as a co-host of CNN’s Marketplace Asia. The monthly program looks at business trends and innovations across the region. Stewart has interviewed CEO’s and leaders from many prominent companies such as Samsung, Mitsubishi, NIO, Mazda, All Nippon Airways and Suntory Holdings Limited.

Stewart has also spent time in New York reporting global financial markets, economic issues and business related topics for CNN This Morning, The Lead with Jake Tapper and other international and domestic broadcasts.

Before joining CNN in 2022, Stewart worked for the Wall Street Journal in London where he hosted its flagship morning podcast, ‘What’s News’, which looked at the news of the day through a business lens.

Prior to this, he reported for ABC News in New York, appeared on Yahoo Finance’s video streaming service, and contributed regularly to the aviation-focused publication ‘The Points Guy’.

He has also reported from several countries in the Asia Pacific region during his career, including China, India, North and South Korea, and Singapore, and was selected for international reporting fellowships from the East West Center.

Stewart started his career in journalism as a news anchor and reporter in cities across the United States including Denver and Nashville.

He has a master’s degree in business and economic journalism as part of a joint program at New York University’s Stern Business School and the journalism department.

Stewart also holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Michigan State University.