Meng Fanli (; born September 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the current party secretary of Shenzhen and deputy party secretary of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, in office since April 2022. He is a delegate to the

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Biography

Meng was born in Linyi County (now Linyi),

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

, in September 1965. In 1982, he entered

Shandong University of Finance and Economics Shandong University of Finance and Economics () is a public research university in Jinan, Shandong province, China. It is a full-time comprehensive institution of higher education which was founded upon approval by Shandong Province, Shandong Pro ...

, majoring in business accounting. After graduating in 1986, he taught at the university. He received his master's degree in western accounting in 1995 from

Nankai University Nankai University (NKU or Nankai; ) is a national public research university located in Tianjin, China. It is a prestigious Chinese state Class A Double First Class University approved by the central government of China, and a member of the fo ...

and doctor's degree in accounting in 1998 from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics. Meng joined the

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(CCP) in March 1986, and got involved in politics in June 2000, when he was appointed deputy director of Shandong Provincial Department of Finance. In July 2005, he became deputy party secretary of Shandong Luxin Investment Holding Co., Ltd., rising to party secretary in July 2009. In March 2013, he became director of Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce, but having held the position for only three months. He served as mayor of

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from 2013 to 2015, and party secretary, the top political position in the city, from 2015 to 2017. It would be his first job as "first-in-charge" of a city. In March 2017, he was promoted to acting mayor of

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

, confirmed in April. In September 2020, he was transferred to

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, where he was appointed party secretary of

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and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Inner Mongolia Regional Committee, the region's top authority. In November 2021, he became deputy party secretary of Inner Mongolia. In April 2022, he was despatched to

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province and appointed party secretary of Shenzhen and deputy party secretary of Guangdong.

References

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