Wang Min

For other people named Wang Min, see Wang Min (disambiguation).
Wang Min
王珉
Communist Party Chief of Liaoning Province
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2009
Preceded by Zhang Wenyue
Communist Party Chief of Jilin Province
In office
December 2006 – November 2009
Preceded by Wang Yunkun
Succeeded by Sun Zhengcai
Governor of Jilin Province
In office
October 2004 – December 2006
Preceded by Hong Hu
Succeeded by Han Changfu
Personal details
Born March 1950 (age 65)
Huainan, Anhui
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Wang Min (Chinese: 王珉; born March 1950) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He is the Communist Party Chief of Liaoning province and Chairman of Liaoning People's Congress. Previously he was Communist Party Chief and Governor of Jilin province, and Vice Governor of Jiangsu province.[1][2] He was named one of "China's top future leaders to watch" by the American think tank Brookings Institution.[3]

A native of Huainan, Anhui province, Wang has a doctoral degree in Engineering in Machinery Manufacturing from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and was a professor and vice president of the university.[1][2][3]

Career

Starting in September 1968 Wang Min was one of the many rusticated youths sent down to the countryside and then worked in a factory during the Cultural Revolution.[3] Later he studied at Nanjing Institute of Aeronautics (since renamed Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) where he obtained a Ph.D. He stayed at the university as a professor, and eventually became its vice president.[1][2]

Wang Min joined the Communist Party of China in July 1985. In July 1994, he was transferred from the university to the provincial government of Jiangsu as an assistant governor. In December 1996, he was appointed as a deputy governor of Jiangsu. In May 2002, he became the Communist Party Chief of the city of Suzhou.[1][2]

In October 2004, Wang Min was transferred to Jilin province in Northeast China, where he took the positions of deputy party chief, deputy governor, and acting governor. On 29 January 2005, he was elected Governor of Jilin province. In December 2006, he was promoted to the position of Communist Party Chief of Jilin and resigned as governor.[1][2]

In November 2009, Wang was transferred from Jilin to neighbouring Liaoning province to become its Party Chief. He was succeeded by Sun Zhengcai as the Party Chief of Jilin.[1][2]

Wang was a member of the 17th Central Committee and is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 王珉简历 [Biography of Wang Min] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 王珉简历 [Biography of Wang Min] (in Chinese). People's Daily. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Wang Min, One of China's Top Future Leaders to Watch". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Zhang Wenyue		 Communist Party Chief of Liaoning
November 2009–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Wang Yunkun		 Communist Party Chief of Jilin
December 2006–November 2009 		Succeeded by
Sun Zhengcai
Political offices
Preceded by
Hong Hu		 Governor of Jilin
October 2004–December 2006 		Succeeded by
Han Changfu