Huang Xingguo

Huang Xingguo
黄兴国
Huang Xingguo speaks at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin in September 2010.
Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin
(Acting)
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 2014
Preceded by Sun Chunlan
Mayor of Tianjin
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 2007
Preceded by Dai Xianglong
Personal details
Born October 1, 1954
Xiangshan County, Zhejiang
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater Central Party School
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huang.

Huang Xingguo (simplified Chinese: 黄兴国; traditional Chinese: 黃興國; pinyin: Huáng Xīngguó; born October 1954) is the current Mayor of Tianjin; since December 2014 Huang has been acting as the Party Secretary of Tianjin.[1] Huang is originally from Zhejiang province, and previously served as party chief of Ningbo.

Biography

Born in October 1954 in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province, he joined the Communist Party of China in 1973. Between 1983 and 1953, Huang served as the party chief in Xiangshan County. He went to Taizhou in July 1987, taking the office of deputy party chief and prefectural governor. During his time in office, Taizhou became a "prefecture-level city" and Huang earned the title of "Mayor". Taizhou's economy developed rapidly during Huang's term. It became one of the most affluent cities in the Yangtze River Delta.[2]

He was appointed to be the Secretary-General of the Zhejiang provincial government. In January 1998, he was the vice president of Zhejiang Province, and then became the party chief of the city of Ningbo. During this time he also entered the ranks of the provincial party leadership, working directly under then Zhejiang Party Secretary Xi Jinping. In November 2003 Huang was transferred to work in the coastal city of Tianjin as Vice Mayor.

In November 2003, he became the executive vice mayor of Tianjin. In December 2007, he was named acting mayor of Tianjin, and confirmed a few months later by the municipal People's Congress, replacing Dai Xianglong. In December 2014, Huang, after serving as Mayor for some seven years, became the acting party chief of Tianjin, replacing Sun Chunlan.[3]

He was among the finalists for the 2010 World Mayor prize.

References

  1. Information on Tianjin's leaders from Tianjin's government website. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  2. "黄兴国 现任天津市委代理书记". Database of Chinese cadres. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Dai Xianglong
Mayor of Tianjin
2007
Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
Xu Yunhong
Communist Party Secretary of Ningbo
1999 2003
Succeeded by
Bayanqolu