Chen Hao (; born 11 February 1954) is a Chinese politician. He served as Governor of

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

province from 2014 to 2016 and also

Communist Party Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

from 2016 to 2020. He was formerly Governor of Yunnan and vice-chairman of the

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Career

Chen Hao was born February 1954 in

Haimen Haimen (, Qihai dialect: , Shanghai: ) is a district of Nantong, Jiangsu province, with a population of approximately 1 million. It is located at the opposite side of the Yangtze River to Shanghai and is directly north of Chongming Island except ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...

province, and worked as a schoolteacher in Haimen from 1973 to 1977. He joined the

Communist Party of China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

in June 1976. From 1979 to 1983 he worked at a fruit company in

Jing'an District Jing'an District () is one of the central districts of Shanghai. In 2014, it had 1,180,000 inhabitants in an area of . The district borders the Hongkou District to the east, Huangpu District to the east and south, Putuo District to the west, ...

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. From 1980 to 1984 he studied at Jiang'an Part-time University, majoring in Chinese literature. Starting in 1983, he worked at the Jiang'an District government, becoming Deputy

Communist Party Chief A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

of the district in 1996. From 1989 to 1991 he enrolled at the graduate school of

East China Normal University East China Normal University (ECNU) is a comprehensive public research university in Shanghai, China. It was formed in 1951 by the merger of the Great China University (est. 1924) and Kwang Hua University (est. 1925) and originated from the St. ...

, studying economics. In 1997, he entered the municipal government of Shanghai. In 2003, he obtained an MBA degree from China Europe International Business School. From 2003 to 2010 he served as vice-chairman of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, and chairman of the Shanghai General Trade Union. In 2011 he became vice-chairman of the

. On 17 October 2014, Chen Hao was appointed acting Governor of

province, succeeding

Li Jiheng Li Jiheng (; born January 1957) is a Chinese politician, who former served as Minister of Civil Affairs. He also is the former Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia, the former Communist Party Chief and Governor of Yunnan province and a f ...

. He was confirmed as governor in January 2015. In August 2016, Chen was appointed the

of Yunnan by the CPC Central Committee. In December 2020, Chen was appointed as the Deputy Chairperson of the

National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee The National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee () is one of ten special committees of the National People's Congress, the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. The special committee was created during the first session ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Hao Living people 1954 births Governors of Yunnan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Politicians from Nantong East China Normal University alumni People from Haimen Political office-holders in Shanghai All-China Federation of Trade Unions China Europe International Business School alumni Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress