Zhao Zhongxiang, the 67-year-old veteran host for CCTV, China's national TV station, has apologized for starring in fake medicine commercials.

Wang Bo, deputy secretary general of Professional Committee of Media Shopping (PCMS), said Zhao apologized in a meeting between the two parties on Monday, less than one week being exposed by the association.

Zhao told PCMS that he wanted TV stations nationwide to stop broadcasting the commercials, Wang said.