Wu Xinxiong

Wu Xinxiong 吴新雄

Director of the National Energy Administration
In office March 2013 – December 2014
Preceded by	Liu Tienan
Succeeded by	Nur Bekri
Governor of Jiangxi
In office January 2007 – June 2011
Preceded by	Huang Zhiquan
Succeeded by	Lu Xinshe
Personal details
Born	October 1949 Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China
Nationality	People's Republic of China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Residence	Beijing
Alma mater	Nanjing University of Technology

Wu Xinxiong (Chinese: 吴新雄; pinyin: Wú Xīnxióng; born 1949) is a Chinese politician. From 2013 to 2014, Wu was the Director of the National Energy Administration, China's national energy regulatory agency.

He served as the Governor of Jiangxi from January 2007 to June 2011.^[1]

Biography

Wu was born in 1949 in eastern Jiangsu Province.^[1] His first job was at a textiles factory in his hometown. He then became a high school teacher. He later successively served in government posts in his native Jiangyin, then the Mayor of Wuxi, then he was transferred to Jiangxi province to serve as the Party Secretary of Nanchang.^[2] He was first appointed the Governor of Jiangxi by the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress in January 2007.^[1] He was subsequently re-elected by the legislature on January 28, 2008.^[1]

The Governor of Jiangxi is the second highest-ranking official in Jiangxi after the Party Secretary of the Jiangxi.^[1] The Governor is responsible for all matters related to personnel, the environment, economics, politics and foreign policy relating to Jiangxi.^[1]

Wu took over from Liu Tienan in March 2013 as director of the National Energy Administration. Liu was disgraced from a corruption scandal. Wu reached retirement age in 2014 and left office as head of the NEA in December.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Wu Xinxiong re-elected governor of E China Jiangxi Province". Xinhua. 2008-01-28. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
1 2 "吴新雄卸任国家能源局局长已到退休年龄(图)". Netease. December 31, 2014.

Political offices
Preceded by Huang Zhiquan	Governor of Jiangxi 2007 – 2011	Succeeded by Lu Xinshe
Preceded by Liu Tienan	Director of the National Energy Administration 2013 – 2014	Succeeded by Nur Bekri

Political leaders of Jiangxi since 1949

CPC Committee Secretaries	Chen Zhengren Yang Shangkui Cheng Shiqing Jiang Weiqing Bai Dongcai Wan Shaofen Mao Zhiyong Wu Guanzheng Shu Huiguo Meng Jianzhu Su Rong Qiang Wei

People's Congress Chairmen	Yang Shangkui Ma Jikong Wang Shufeng Xu Qin Mao Zhiyong Shu Huiguo Meng Jianzhu Su Rong Qiang Wei

Governors	Shao Shiping Fang Zhichun Cheng Shiqing She Jide Jiang Weiqing Bai Dongcai Zhao Zengyi Ni Xiance Wu Guanzheng Shu Shengyou Huang Zhiquan Wu Xinxiong Lu Xinshe

CPPCC Committee Chairmen	Yang Shangkui Fang Zhichun Wu Ping Liu Fangren Zhu Zhihong Zhong Qihuang Fu Kecheng Zhang Yijiong Huang Yuejin

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