Qin Weizhong (; born July 1971) is a Chinese politician who is the current mayor of Shenzhen, in office since April 2021.

Biography

Qin was born in

Yulin, Guangxi Yulin (, ), alternately romanized as Watlam, is one of the fourteen prefecture-level cities of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Its Chinese name was changed in 1956 from the historical name "" (), which is homop ...

, in July 1971. After graduating from

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...

in 1996, he was assigned to the

China Petrochemical Corporation China Petrochemical Corporation () or Sinopec Group is the world's largest oil refining, gas and petrochemical conglomerate, administered by SASAC for the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is headquartered at Chaoyangmenwa ...

as an engineer. 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 ...

in June 2001. In March 2017, Qin was promoted to deputy general manager of China National Petroleum Corporation and chairman of China Petroleum Engineering Co., Ltd. In March 2017, he was appointed vice governor 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 April 2021, he was promoted to be deputy party secretary of

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

, concurrently holding the acting mayor position. He was installed as mayor in May of that same year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qin, Weizhong 1971 births Living people People from Yulin, Guangxi Tsinghua University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Guangxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangxi