Chen Xiaojiang (born June 1962) is a Chinese editor and politician who is the Executive Deputy Head of the

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of the

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since 2022. Previously, he served as Minister of the

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; deputy director of the

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, the highest anti-corruption agency of China; and deputy secretary of the

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, the party's internal disciplinary body.

Early life and education

Chen was born in

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, in June 1962. In 1980, he entered Wuhan Institute of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering (now

Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; ) is a public research university in Wuhan, Hubei. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Wuhan university was founded as one of the four elite universities in the early republican period of China and i ...

), majoring in power system and its automation at the Department of Electrical Engineering, where he graduated in 1984.

Editorial career

He worked at the China Electric Power News for a short while before joining the China Water Resources and Electric Power News in 1986. He was promoted to chief editor in 1993 and president in 1996, respectively.

Political career

Chen began his career in the

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in 1998, what he was appointed director-general of the General Office in April 2008 and then director of the

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in March 2011. In August 2015, he became head of the Publicity Department of

(CCDI), but having held the position for only seven months. In May 2016, he was transferred to northeast China's

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province, where he was secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts. And he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In May 2017, he was recalled to

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and appointed deputy director of the

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, the then highest anti-corruption agency of China. On 25 October 2017, he became deputy secretary of the CCDI, a position at ministerial level. On 11 March 2018, he concurrently served as deputy director of the newly founded

. On 24 December 2020, he was appointed minister of the

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and the

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confirmed the appointment on December 26. Chen is the second

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minister since the ministry was established in 1949, after

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. He also serves as deputy head of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Xiaojiang 1962 births Living people People from Longyou County Wuhan University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party