Tang Liangzhi (; born 12 June 1960) is a Chinese politician who is the current party branch secretary of the Anhui Provincial 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 ...

. He was previously mayor of

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

from January 2018 to December 2021, 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 ...

, the capital of Sichuan Province, and mayor of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei.

Biography

Tang was born in Honghu, Hubei Province. He attended the

Huazhong Technology University 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 ...

, where he specialized in solid-state electronics. After graduating in 1983, he was sent to work for a research institute under the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. In 1985, he returned to Wuhan to become a technician at a local research institute. In 1987, he joined the inaugural staff of the East Lake Development Area in Wuhan. He spent much of the next two decades working in the Wuhan high-tech sector, in charge of innovation and administration. In 2002, he obtained a doctorate in economics, specializing in western economics. In June 2007, Tang moved into politics, becoming the mayor of Xiangfan. In February 2008, he was named party chief of Xiangfan. In February 2011, he was named mayor of Wuhan. His advocacy for major construction development during his time as mayor of Wuhan earned him the nickname "Mr. Dig Dig." In December 2014, Tang left his home province and was named mayor of

. In July 2016, Tang took over the post of Chengdu party chief from Huang Xinchu. In April 2017, Tang was named deputy party secretary of

. He was appointed 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. ...

in January 2018. In December 2021, he was appointed party branch secretary of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tang, Liangzhi Living people Political office-holders in Sichuan 1960 births Mayors of Chongqing Mayors of Wuhan Huazhong University of Science and Technology alumni Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party