Liu Ning (; born January 1962) is a Chinese politician, serving since October 2021 as Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi. Previously he served as

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

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 northernmo ...

. He spent much of his career in water resources.

Career

Liu was born in

Linjiang Linjiang (; listed as Linkiang on old maps) is a county-level city in southern Jilin province, People's Republic of China, located to the east of Tonghua, and not far from the border with North Korea. It is a county-level city under the admini ...

Jilin Jilin (; Postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three Provinces of China, provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, R ...

. He joined the Communist Party in 1990, and he was graduated from Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering (now is a part of

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 ...

). Liu spent much of his career in water resources. He entered to work in Yangtze River Basin Planning Office, and served as the Chief of the Hub Design Department Crossing Dam Building Design Section Project Team. Later he served as the Deputy Director, Qingjiang Engineering Design Office, Design Bureau, the Deputy Director of the Design Center of the Design Institute and Director of the Three Gorges Design Office, the Director of the Jiangyan Engineering Department, Assistant Chief Engineer, Deputy Director of the Hub Design Department, and the Deputy chief engineer of the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission. In 2000, he served as the General Manager of Hubei Changjiang Bidding Co., Ltd. (). In 2001, Liu was appointed as the Chief Engineer of the Planning and Design Administration of the

South–North Water Transfer Project The South–North Water Transfer Project, also translated as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project () is a multi-decade infrastructure mega-project in China. Ultimately it aims to channel 44.8 billion cubic meters of fresh water annually fr ...

, and he was appointed as the General Engineer of the

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, later he served as the Deputy Minister in 2009. In 2017, Liu was appointed as the CCP Deputy Secretary of

Qinghai Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...

, then he was appointed as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee. In August 2018, Liu was appointed as the acting

of Qinghai. His position was confirmed in September. In 2020, Liu was appointed as

. On 19 October 2021, he was transferred to

southwest China Southwest China () is a region in the south of the People's Republic of China. Geography Southwest China is a rugged and mountainous region, transitioning between the Tibetan Plateau to the west and the Chinese coastal hills (东南丘陵) and ...

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ( ...

and appointed

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 ...

, the top political position in the region.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Ning People from Baishan 1962 births Living people Governors of Liaoning Governors of Qinghai Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jilin People's Republic of China politicians from Jilin Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress