Hu Zhongxiong (; born January 1966) is a Chinese politician who is the current party secretary of

Guiyang Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...

, in office since September 2021. Previously, he served as head of the United Front Work Department of CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, and vice governor, and before that, mayor of Changsha, party secretary of Yueyang, party secretary and mayor of Yiyang.

Early life and education

Hu was born in

Li County, Hunan Li County, or Lixian () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. The County is located on the north in Hunan Province, it borders to the north by Songzi City and Gong'an County ...

, in January 1966. He entered

Hunan Normal University Hunan Normal University (), founded in 1938, is a public university in Changsha, Hunan Province. The university is the 211 Project university, one of the country's 100 national key universities in the 21st century that enjoy priority in obtain ...

in 1982, majoring in the Department of Politics. After graduating in 1986, he was admitted to

Southwest University of Political Science & Law Southwest University of Political Science and Law (SWUPL) is a national public university located in Chongqing, China. It was founded in 1953 with the original name Southwest College of Political Science and Law. It was one of the first faculti ...

, earning a master's degree in law in 1989.

Career in Hunan

Hu 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 ...

(CPC) in April 1985. After university, he taught at Hunan Economic Management Cadre College for several years before becoming involved in politics in June 1995, when he was appointed director of Management Committee of Phoenix Park Economic and Technological Development Zone. He was deputy secretary of Hunan Provincial Committee of the

Communist Youth League of China The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League (CYL), is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, run by the ...

in January 1997, and held that office until April 2002. He then worked in

Yiyang Yiyang () is a prefecture-level city on the Zi River in Hunan province, China, straddling Lake Dongting and bordering Hubei to the north. According to the 2010 Census, Yiyang has a population of 4,313,084 inhabitants residing in an area of . The ...

, holding positions as deputy party secretary (2002–2015), mayor (2011–2015), and party secretary (2015–2016). In December 2016, he was appointed party secretary of the neighboring

Yueyang Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Yochow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake and Yangtze in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China. Yueyang has an administrative area of a ...

city, concurrently serving as chairman of Yueyang People's Congress. In January 2018, he was promoted to become mayor and deputy party secretary of

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...

, and party chief of the Party Working Committee of Xiangjiang New Area. It would be his first job as mayor of a provincial capital city.

Career in Guizhou

In 2020, he was transferred from his job in

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

province to the neighboring

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

province. In January, he was promoted to acting vice governor, confirmed on March 6. He was appointed head of the

United Front Work Department The United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (UFWD; ) is a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which is officially tasked with "united front work". For this endeavo ...

of CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee in February 2021 and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. On September 17, he took office as party secretary of

and party chief of the Party Working Committee of Gui'an New Area, replacing .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hu, Zhongxiong 1966 births Living people People from Li County, Hunan Hunan Normal University alumni Southwest University of Political Science & Law alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan