Pu Haiqing (; born December 1941) is a Chinese politician who spent served as

mayor of Chongqing The politics of Chongqing is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Mayor of Chongqing is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Chongqing. ...

from 1997 to 1999. He was a delegate to the

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and

10th National People's Congress The 10th National People's Congress () was in session from 2003 to 2008. It held five plenary sessions in this period. There were 2,984 deputies to this Congress. It succeeded the 9th National People's Congress. The 1st Session The Congres ...

, and a member of the Standing Committee of the

11th National People's Congress The 11th National People's Congress () met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the 11t ...

. He was a member of the

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and

16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 2002 to 2007. It held seven plenary sessions. It was set in motion by the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The 15th Central Committee preceded it. ...

Biography

Pu was born in

Nanbu County Nanbu County () is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Nanchong Nanchong (; Sichuanese: lan2cong1) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of . At the 2020 census ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

, in December 1941. In 1961, he entered

Chongqing University Chongqing University (CQU; , colloquially abbreviated as ChóngDà) is a public research university located in Chongqing, China. It is a National Key University directly funded by the central government of China as part of the Double First Class U ...

, majoring in steel rolling. After university in December 1968, he was assigned to the Fourth Branch of Chongqing Iron and Steel Company (later renamed Chongqing Iron and Steel Group Corporation). He moved up the ranks to become factory deputy director in September 1979 and general manager of Chongqing Iron and Steel Group Corporation in December 1982. He 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 November 1973, and got involved in politics in January 1985, when he was appointed deputy director of Sichuan Provincial Economic Commission, and three months later was promoted to the director position. He also served as vice governor of Sichuan. He was appointed executive vice governor in March 1992 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In February 1996, he was made executive deputy party secretary. In September 1996, he was named acting mayor of Chongqing, confirmed in June 1997. He was director and party branch secretary of the State Bureau of Metallurgical Industry in June 1996, and held that office until February 2001. He served as deputy director of the Three Gorges Project Committee of the State Council in February 2001, and two years later promoted to the director position. In March 2008, he took office as vice chairperson of the

National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee The National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee () is one of nine special committees of the National People's Congress, the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. The special committee ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pu, Haiqing 1941 births Living people People from Nanchong Chongqing University alumni Mayors of Chongqing People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party