Liu Wei (; born June 1965) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as

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 deput ...

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 ...

. He previously served as vice governor of

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

, vice minister of Emergency Management, and

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 ...

. 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

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Biography

Liu was born in

Zhecheng County Zhecheng County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shangqiu, in the east of Henan province, People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. ...

, in June 1965. In 1980, he entered Shangqiu Normal School (now Shangqiu Normal University), where he majored in chemistry. After graduating in 1983, Liu taught at Zhecheng County High School. In March 1985, he became a technician at Zhecheng County Fertilizer Plant. He did his postgraduate work at the Department of Chemistry,

Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou University (), colloquially known in Chinese as Zhèngdà () and abbreviated as ZZU is a public university located in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Zhengzhou University is the largest university in China in terms of number of students (a ...

from August 1987 to July 1990. He also received his doctor's degree in economic from

Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...

in June 2004. Liu got involved in politics in July 1990, when he was despatched as an official in the Henan Provincial Petrochemical Department (now Henan Provincial Petrochemical Industry Management Office), where he eventually became deputy director in June 2000. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party 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 ...

(CCP) in June 1997. Liu was assigned to Henan Development and Reform Commission in February 2004. He moved up the ranks to become deputy director in August 2004 and director in January 2007. He also served as vice governor of Henan from January 2018 to January 2020 and party secretary of the CCP Henan Provincial State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission Committee from March 2018 to November 2018. In January 2020, Liu was transferred to the central government and appointed vice minister of Emergency Management, a position at vice-ministerial level. In April 2022, Liu was appointed

, succeeding

Gao Guangbin Gao Guangbin (; born May 1963) is a Chinese politician, the current deputy Communist Party Secretary of Jilin province. He was part of the Communist Youth League in his early career. Life and career Gao was born in Harbin. He studied optical ins ...

. On December 29, 2022, Liu was appointed

, succeeding Yin Yong.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Wei 1965 births Living people People from Zhecheng County Shangqiu Normal University alumni Zhengzhou University alumni Fudan University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Henan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Henan Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party