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Politics Of Xi'an
The Politics of Xi'an in Shaanxi province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Mayor of Xi'an is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Xi'an or Xi'an Municipal Government. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the Mayor has less power than the Communist Party of Xi'an Municipal Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "CPC Party Chief of Xi'an" or "Communist Party Secretary of Xi'an". History In November 2015, Sun Qingyun was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline", he was placed on two-year probation within the Party, having held the consultative position for only nine months; he was demoted to section rank "non-leading position" (). On May 22, 2017, Wei Minzhou was suspected of "serious violations of discipline", and placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection ...
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Xi'an
Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by #Name, other names, is the list of capitals in China, capital of Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province. A Sub-provincial division#Sub-provincial municipalities, sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong, Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwest China. Its total population was 12,952,907 as of the 2020 census. The total urban population was 9.28 million. Since the 1980s, as part of the China Western Development, economic growth of inland China especially for the central and northwest regions, Xi'an has re-emerged as a cultural, industrial, political and educational centre of the entire central-northwest region, with many facilities for research and development. Xi'an currently holds sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China, sub-provincial status, administering 11 districts and 2 counties. In 2020, Xi'a ...
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Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ningxia (NW) and Inner Mongolia (N). Shaanxi covers an area of over with about 37 million people, the 16th highest in China. Xi'an – which includes the sites of the former Capitals of China, Chinese capitals Fenghao and Chang'an – is the Xi'an, provincial capital as well as the largest city in Northwest China and also one of the oldest cities in China and the oldest of the Historical capitals of China, Four Great Ancient Capitals, being the capital for the Western Zhou, Western Han, Sima Jin, Jin, Sui dynasty, Sui and Tang dynasty, Tang List of Chinese dynasties, dynasties. Xianyang, which served as the Qin dynasty capital, is just north across Wei River. The other Prefectures of China, prefecture-level pr ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ...
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Mainland China
"Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. By convention, the territories that fall outside of the Chinese mainland include: * Hong Kong, a quasi-dependent territory under PRC rule that is officially designated a " Special Administrative Region of the PRC" (formerly a British colony) * Macau, a quasi-dependent territory under PRC rule that is officially designated a "Special Administrative Region of the PRC" (formerly a Portuguese colony) * Territories ruled by the Republic of China (ROC, commonly referred to as Taiwan), including the island of Taiwan, the Penghu (Pescadores) islands in the Taiwan Strait, and the islands Kinmen, Matsu, and Wuqiu (Kinmen) offshore of Fujian. Overseas Chinese, especially Malaysian Chinese and Chinese Singaporeans, use this term to describe p ...
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Sun Qingyun
Sun Qingyun (; born October 1954) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in northwest China's Shaanxi province. He has been stripped of his post in November 2015. Through his career he has served as vice-chairman of Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shaanxi, and the Party Secretary of Xi'an. Biography Sun was born in Ling County, Shandong, in October 1954. At the age of 15, he joined the People's Liberation Army. After military service, he worked in ''China Youth Daily'' as an editor and journalist. He entered politics in December 1969, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1971. Then he worked in General Office of the CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee and CCP Shandong Provincial Committee respectively. He was a secretary in the General Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China between October 1994 to December 1998. Than he was t ...
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Wei Minzhou
Wei Minzhou (; born August 24, 1956) is a Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary of Xi'an between 2012 and 2016. In 2017, Wei was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and expelled from the party. In November 2018, Wei was sentenced to life in prison for taking more than 100 million yuan in bribes. Wei's associate Zhao Zhengyong was also sentenced to life in prison (sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve). Biography Wei was born in Huayin, Shaanxi, but traces his lineage to nearby Pucheng County. He performed rural labour during the Cultural Revolution and was a leader in his local commune. In 1978, after the resumption of the National College Entrance Exam, Wei entered Shaanxi Mechanics College (now Xi'an University of Technology) and majored in mechanical design, then was assigned to work in Zhengzhou. In 1982 he became one of the leaders of the Communist Youth League organization at the factory he worked at, b ...
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Central Commission For Discipline Inspection
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest internal control institution of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), tasked with enforcing internal rules and regulations and combating corruption and malfeasance in the party. Since the vast majority of officials at all levels of government are also Communist Party members, the commission is in practice the top anti-corruption body in China. The modern commission was established at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee in December 1978. Control systems had existed previously under the name "Central Control Commission" for a brief period in 1927 and again between 1955 and 1968, and under its present name from 1949 to 1955. It was disbanded during the Cultural Revolution in 1969. In 1993, the internal operations of the agency and the government's Ministry of Supervision (MOS) were merged. Although the commission is theoretically independent of the CCP's executive institutions such as the Cent ...
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Shangguan Jiqing
Shangguan Jiqing (; born March 1963) is a Chinese politician who spent his whole career in his home-province Shaanxi. He served as mayor of Xi'an between 2016 and 2018 but appeared to have been embroiled in a local scandal involving several other high-ranking officials. He was demoted to an insignificant position and put under probation by the disciplinary organs of the Chinese Communist Party in late 2018. Career Shangguan Jiqing was born in March 1963 in Qian County, Shaanxi. After graduating from Shaanxi Business School in August 1980, Shangguan Jiqing entered politics as a local official in Xiyang Town of Sanyuan County. Shangguan Jiqing joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1982. In July 1982 he was appointed as an official in the county's Bureau of Finance and over a period of ten years worked his way up to the position of Director. In January 1995 he was transferred to Xunyi County and served as its deputy magistrate. In December 1995 he was promoted to become th ...
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Li Mingyuan (politician)
Li Mingyuan (; born 30 August 1965) is a Chinese politician and the current deputy party chief and mayor of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province. Biography Li was born in Wuqi County, Shaanxi, in 30 August 1965. After the resumption of College Entrance Examination, he graduated from Tsinghua University and Xidian University. After university, he was assigned to the Xi'an Huanghe Electrical and Mechanical Co., Ltd. and worked there for four years. In June 1995 he joined the Xi'an Institute of Posts and Telecommunications as a teacher. In 2001, at the age of 36, he made a crossover from education to politics. In May he became deputy head of Shaanxi Provincial Information Industry Department, three years later he was appointed deputy secretary-general of Shaanxi Provincial Government. In February 2013 he was head of Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department, and held that office until January 2015, when he was transferred to Weinan and appointed deputy ...
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Zhao Boping
Zhao Boping () (July 1, 1902 – May 7, 1993) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Lantian County, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in February 1927. He was governor of his home province. He was Communist Party Secretary of Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ... from December 1949 to 1956. Biography From July 1930 to December 1932, he served as Secretary of the Special Committee of Northern Shaanxi, together with Liu Zhidan, Xie Zichang and others, led the early revolutionary activities in Northern Shaanxi. After 1933, he served as deputy secretary and secretary of the county party committee of the Central Plains of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, ...
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Fang Zhongru
Fang Zhongru () (1901 – June 5, 1983) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Xianyang, Shaanxi. He was educated at Peking University and in the Soviet Union. He was CPPCC Chairman, deputy party chief and delegate to the National People's Congress of his home province. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and deputy mayor of Xi'an. He attended the 1st National People's Congress, 2nd National People's Congress and 3rd National People's Congress. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He died in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 .... References 1901 births 1983 deaths Members of the Standing Committee of the 5th Chinese People's Political Consultativ ...
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An Qiyuan
An Qiyuan (; born July 1933) is a Chinese politician who served as the Communist Party Secretary of Shaanxi Province from December 1994 to August 1997. Biography An Qiyuan, of Han ethnicity, was born in 1933 in Lintong, Shaanxi province. He joined the CPC in 1953, and graduated from the Geology Department of Northwest University in 1956. He spent the formative years of his career in the mining industry. He headed the Petroleum Exploration Bureau of Heilongjiang Province, Songliao, and successively served as the Director of the Daqing Oil Mine, the chief of the 1st Oil Extracting Headquarters, Underground Operation Section in Daqing, the director of the Petroleum Geophysical Prospecting Bureau in the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, the Deputy Director of the China Seismological Bureau, and the Director of the China Seismological Bureau. 1988 marked his first foray into politics, when he was appointed as a member to the Provincial Party Standing Committee for Shaanxi Province. He ...
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