Hu Yuting (; born July 1964) is a Chinese executive and politician, currently serving as the governor of

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

province. He was the former party secretary of

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

and

deputy party secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the deputy ...

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

from 2021 to 2023. He was a representative of the

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (commonly referred to as ''Shíjiǔ Dà''; ) was held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, between 18 and 24 October 2017. 2,280 delegates represented the party's estimated 89 mill ...

. He is a representative of the

20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), commonly referred to as ''Èrshí Dà'' (), opened in Beijing on 16 October 2022 and closed on 22 October 2022. The CCP Congress endorsed the membership list of the Central Commissi ...

and a member of the

20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was elected by the 20th National Congress in October 2022, and will sit until the next National Congress is convened in 2027. It formally succeeded the 19th Central Committee. The ...

. He is a delegate to the

13th National People's Congress The 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and will be in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It is scheduled to hold five sessions in this period, occurri ...

Biography

Hu was born in

Wutai County Wutai County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xinzhou, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the east. It is named after Mount Wutai, which is located within its borders. It ...

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

, in July 1964. In 1982, he entered Beijing Iron & Steel Industry College (now University of Science and Technology Beijing), where he majored in ferrous metallurgy. He also received his master's degree in engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2004 and earned his MBA from Guanghua School of Management,

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

in 2005. Hu joined the

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

(CCP) in July 1986, nearing graduation. After graduating in 1986, Hu was assigned to the

Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. formerly Taiyuan Iron & Steel Corporation (TISCO), also known as Taigang Group is a Chinese steel maker based in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. The company was the parent of Taigang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd., ...

, where he was eventually becoming deputy chief engineer in December 2000 and chief engineer in February 2002. In May 2008, he rose to become general manager and vice chairman, and served for three years. In July 2011, Hu was appointed vice mayor of

Datong Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 cens ...

and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Datong Municipal Committee, the city's top authority, but having held the position for only half a year. He was party branch secretary of Shanxi Provincial Economic and Information Commission in January 2012, concurrently holding the director position. In July 2013, he was named acting mayor of Jinzhong, confirmed in March 2014. He was promoted to party secretary, the top political position in the city, in July 2016. He was appointed secretary-general of the CCP Shanxi Provincial Committee in January 2018 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Shanxi Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He took up the post of vice governor which he held from April 2019 to June 2021, although he remained secretary-general of the CCP Shanxi Provincial Committee until May 2019. In June 2021, Hu was transferred to the coastal province

, where he was appointed party secretary of

and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Liaoning Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In October 2021, he was elevated to

of Liaoning, succeeding

Zhou Bo Zhou Bo (died 169 BC), posthumously known as Marquis Wu of Jiang, was a Chinese military general and politician who served as a chancellor of the early Western Han dynasty. Life Zhou Bo's ancestral home was in Juan County (; present-day Yuanyan ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hu, Yuting 1964 births Living people People from Wutai County University of Science and Technology Beijing alumni Xi'an Jiaotong University alumni Peking University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Shanxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanxi Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress Governors of Jilin Political office-holders in Liaoning Politicians from Xinzhou