Wan Qingliang

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Wan Qingliang
万庆良
15th Mayor of Guangzhou
In office
16 April 2010 – 20 December 2011
Preceded by Zhang Guangning
Succeeded by Chen Jianhua
Personal details
Nationality Chinese

Wan Qingliang (born February 1964) is a Chinese politician who was the 15th Mayor of Guangzhou, China. He was appointed in 2010.[1][2] and resigned in 2011.

Biography

In 2008, he was Vice Governor of Guangdong Province and was part of a group working to convert the Pearl River Delta region into a "core region of modern manufacturing" to replace older factories that had been closing.[3] He signed an agreement with ASEAN, which CCTV.com said was designed to "explore and facilitate cooperation activities in various areas including agriculture, information and communication technology, trade and investment, tourism promotion, energy and environment, education and public health."[4]

In 2009, he declined to discuss aspects of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in public as being outside the scope of a meeting with delegation from Hong Kong's Legislative Council's panel on economic development and environmental affairs.[5][6] His government also agreed to an expansion of University of Macao on Guangdong's Hengqin Island, but under the jurisdiction of the Macao Special Administrative Region.[7]

He was head of Guangzhou province's participation in the 2010 World Expo.[8] In November 2010, Wan was elected as vice president of the UCLG.

References

  1. ↑ "Wan Qingliang Named New Guangzhou Mayor", Newsgd.com , April 26, 2010
  2. ↑ "Wan Qingliang Named Mayor of Guangzhou", Life of Guangzhou , April 19, 2010
  3. ↑ By WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer (2008-10-19). "Fox News". Fox News. Retrieved 2010-09-17. 
  4. ↑ "CCTV.com". CCTV.com. 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2010-09-17. 
  5. ↑ "Financial Standard". Thestandard.com.hk. Retrieved 2010-09-17. 
  6. ↑ "Reuters India". In.reuters.com. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2010-09-17. 
  7. ↑ english@peopledaily.com.cn (2009-07-10). "The People's Dailing - English Language edition". English.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2010-09-17. 
  8. ↑ "Eastday.com". Eastday.com. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2010-09-17. 
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