Chen Min'er

Chen Min'er (Chinese: 陈敏尔; born September 1960) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as the Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou province. Chen spent most of his career in his native Zhejiang province, serving as Vice Governor of Zhejiang prior to his transfer to Guizhou as Governor.^[1][2]

Career

Zhejiang

Chen was born in September 1960 in of Zhuji, Zhejiang. From 1978 to 1981 Chen Min'er studied Chinese at Shaoxing Teacher's College (later merged into Shaoxing University) in Zhejiang. After college he worked in the Shaoxing government, rising through the ranks to become the county governor of Shaoxing County in 1991, and party chief (the top position in the county) in 1994. In 1997 Chen was transferred to the neighbouring city of Ningbo to become its Vice Mayor. In 1999 he was promoted to deputy party chief Ningbo.^[1][2]

In December 1999 Chen was appointed the chief editor of Zhejiang Daily, the official government newspaper of Zhejiang province, and in 2001 he became the Propaganda Chief of the Zhejiang Communist Party organization. In June 2002, Chen, then 42, earned a seat on the provincial Party Standing Committee. From May 2007 to January 2012 he was a Vice Governor of Zhejiang.^[1] During this period he worked under Zhejiang party chief Xi Jinping.^[2]

Guizhou

In January 2012, Chen was transferred to the southwestern interior province of Guizhou to become its Deputy Party Secretary, and in December he was appointed Acting Governor of Guizhou, succeeding Zhao Kezhi, who had been promoted to Communist Party Chief. In January 2013 he was officially confirmed as Governor by the Guizhou Provincial Congress.^[1][2]

In July 2015, Chen was promoted to Party Secretary of Guizhou, becoming only the third provincial party-level chief born after the year 1960 (after Hu Chunhua and Sun Zhengcai). Due to the Communisty Party's rigid age-based promotion system, it led to speculation that Chen may be destined for higher office.^[3] After taking charge as party chief, Chen enthusiastically advanced the policies of Xi Jinping, such as the "Three Stricts and Three Honests" education campaign. Chen also led an initiative to set up formal discussions (yuetan) over alleged wrongdoing by officials in the province, personally taking charge of the most serious cases. In an interview with the media organs of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Chen repeated the slogan "power must be restricted in the cage of institutions, and power should be exercised in sunshine," (i.e., transparently and openly). Chen set up over 1,400 working committees in neighbourhoods and rural areas in the province to oversee complaints over routine government services.^[4]

Chen was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee and a full member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.^[1][2] Chen has been portrayed by overseas media as an associate of Xi Jinping, and has been named as part of the "New Zhijiang Army".^[3]

References

Xi Jinping Family Xi Zhongxun (father) Qi Xin (mother) Peng Liyuan (wife) Xi Yuanping (brother) Xi Mingze (daughter) New Zhijiang Army Cai Qi Chen Min'er Huang Kunming Lou Yangsheng Bayanqolu Ying Yong Li Qiang Xia Baolong Zhong Shaojun Policies and theories Xi–Li Administration Li Keqiang Government Anti-corruption campaign Wang Qishan Chinese Dream Eight Musts Four Comprehensives Confidence doctrine Eight-point Regulation One Belt, One Road Three Stricts and Three Honests Two Centenaries Events 2012 election as Party general secretary 3rd Plenum of 18th Central Committee 4th Plenum of 18th Central Committee New Gutian Conference 2015 China Victory Day Parade Xi–Chu Summit Xi–Ma Meeting Diplomatic activities 2015 Pakistan visit 2015 United States visit 2015 United Kingdom visit 2015 Vietnam and Singapore visit 2015 Turkey visit 2016 Saudi Arabia and Iran visit