Wang Guangtao (; born June 1943) is a Chinese politician who served as minister of Construction from 2001 to 2008 and chairperson of the

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from 2008 to 2013. He was a member of the

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. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the

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Biography

Wang was born in

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 ...

, in June 1943, while his

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Xiuning County Xiuning County () is a county in the south of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Huangshan City. The southernmost county-level division in the province, it has a population of and an ...

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

. In 1960, he entered

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 ...

, majoring in the Department of Construction. After university in 1965, he became a technician at Xuzhou Urban Construction Bureau (later renamed Xuzhou Urban and Rural Development Commission), and served until 1984. After resuming the college entrance examination in 1978, he received his

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degree from

in 1981. He joined the

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(CCP) in December 1983. He was vice mayor of

Xuzhou Xuzhou (徐州), also known as Pengcheng (彭城) in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in the built-up area ma ...

in 1984, and held that office until 1989. In December 2001, he was transferred to the Ministry of Construction and appointed director and chief engineer of the Urban Construction Department, that posts he kept until 1995. In 1995, he was assigned to

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province and named acting mayor of the capital city

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. He was recalled to

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in 1998 and was chosen as vice mayor, a position he held until November 2001. He became minister of Construction in December 2001, and served until March 2008, when he took office as chairperson of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Guangtao 1943 births Living people Tongji University alumni Tongji University faculty Tsinghua University faculty Beijing University of Technology faculty People's Republic of China politicians from Shanghai Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanghai Members of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party