Shi Xiaolin (; born May 1969) is a Chinese politician currently serving as communist party secretary of

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

, capital of southwest China's

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 ...

province. She is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a member of the 13th National Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

. Born and raised in

Yuyao County Yuyao () is a county-level city in the northeast of Zhejiang province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the sub-provincial city of Ningbo. It is located west of central Ningbo, east of Hangzhou, bordering Hangzhou Bay in the north. Yuyao ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

, Shi worked in government after university. She started her career in the

Communist Youth League of China The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League (CYL), is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, run by the ...

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, where she eventually became a member of the standing committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. After a short term of two years in

central China Central China () is a geographical and a loosely defined cultural region that includes the provinces of Henan, Hubei and Hunan. Jiangxi is sometimes also regarded to be part of this region. Central China is now officially part of South Central ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

province, in August 2021, she was transferred to southwest China's Sichuan province and appointed communist party secretary, the top political position in the city.

Early life and education

Shi was born in

, in May 1969. From 1986 to 1990, she attended

Shanghai University Shanghai University, commonly referred to as SHU, or colloquially Shangda (), is a public research university located in Shanghai. The 555-acre main Baoshan campus is situated in the north of Shanghai, and there are two other campuses in Jiadi ...

, where she majored in electrical technology. She earned her MBA from

Tongji University Tongji University () is a comprehensive public research university located in Shanghai. Established in 1907 by the German government together with German physicians in Shanghai, Tongji is one of the longest-standing, most selective, and most pr ...

in 2001.

Career in Shanghai

Shi entered the workforce in July 1990, and joined the

Communist Party of China 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 ...

(CPC) in June 1993. She served in various posts in Zhabei District Committee of the Communist Youth League of China before serving as director and party branch secretary of Zhabei District Economic Committee in 2003. She became vice governor of

Nanhui District Nanhui District (), formerly romanized as Nanhwei, was a district of Shanghai until it was merged into Pudong New Area in May 2009. It had a land area of about and a coastline. The population of Nanhui was as of August 2006. On May 6, 200 ...

in 2006 before being assigned to the similar position in

Hongkou District , formerly spelled Hongkew, is a District of the People's Republic of China, district of Shanghai, forming part of the northern urban core. It has a land area of and a population of 852,476 as of 2010. It is the location of the Astor House, Sh ...

in 2009. She was deputy communist party secretary of Hongkou District in 2011, but having held the position for only two years. In 2013, she was appointed director and party branch secretary of Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau. She rose to become communist party secretary of Putuo District in April 2015. In May 2017, she was promoted to be a member of the standing committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, the city's top authority, concurrently holding the post of head of the United Front Work Department of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

Career in Jiangxi

In May 2018, she was transferred to

province, where she was a member of the standing committee of the CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee and head of the Propaganda Department of CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee.

Career in Sichuan

On 29 August 2021, she was transferred again 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 ...

province and appointed communist party secretary of the capital city of

, the top political position in the city, and a member of the standing committee of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. She was China's youngest top official in the provincial capital and was at the time the youngest member of a CPC Provincial Standing Committee until the October 2021 appointment of Yang Fasen.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shi, Xiaolin 1969 births Living people People from Ningbo Shanghai University alumni Tongji University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference