Wang Guosheng (; born May 1956) is a Chinese politician and senior regional official, serving as the

Communist Party Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

province from 2018 to 2021. Previously, he served as

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

province, and the Communist Party Secretary of

Qinghai Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...

province.

Career

Wang was born in

Dong'e County Dong'e County () falls under the jurisdiction of Liaocheng Prefecture-level city, in the Shandong Province of China. It is located on the left (northern) bank of the Yellow River, some upstream from the provincial capital Jinan. The county is re ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

province. Wang Guosheng 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 ...

in June 1975. At that time, he was working as a

rusticated youth The sent-down, rusticated, or "educated" youth (), also known as the ''zhiqing'', were the young people who—beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural Revolution, willingly or under coercion—left the urban districts of the ...

performing labour at the Daqiao Commune, where he led the local

Communist Youth League 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 ...

group. From 1981 to 1983 Wang attended

Shandong University Shandong University (, abbreviated as Shanda, , English abbreviation SDU) is a public research comprehensive university in Jinan, Shandong with one campus in Weihai, Shandong and one campus in Qingdao, Shandong and is supported directly by the ...

, studying

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

; he also obtained a graduate degree from the Central Party School. From October 1991 to February 1995 he was the Communist Party Secretary of

Gaotang County Gaotang County () is a county of northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by Liaocheng City. The population was in 2010 (2010 Census). Administrative divisions As 2012, this county is divided to 3 subdistr ...

, Shandong. From February 1995 to December 1997 he was the deputy party chief of

Liaocheng Liaocheng (), is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong province, China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Dezhou to the northeast, Tai'an to the south, and the provinces of Hebei and Henan to the west. The Grand ...

prefecture. Then he became deputy head of the provincial department of labour. In August 2000 he became the Communist Party Chief of

Lianyungang Lianyungang () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, China. It borders Yancheng to its southeast, Huai'an and Suqian to its south, Xuzhou to its southwest, and the province of Shandong to its north. Its name derives from ...

city in neighbouring

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

province. He ascended to sub-provincial ranks as part of the

provincial party standing committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I ...

at the age of 45, then named head of the Jiangsu propaganda department in 2001, then head of the organization department in 2004. He was promoted to the position of deputy party chief of Jiangsu in April 2008. In December 2010 Wang was transferred to

province, where he held the positions of deputy provincial party chief, vice governor, and acting governor. In February 2011 he became the governor of Hubei province. During his term in Hubei, he developed a low-key reputation. Once he was touring Wuhan with the mayor

Tang Liangzhi 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. He was previously mayor of Chongqing from January 2 ...

; some locals recognized the mayor but not the governor. Wang said to Tang, "see, you are much more famous than me!" He also reportedly became stuck in a traffic jam with an agricultural truck driver and voluntarily moved out of the way so that the truck could pass through. This received media attention because officials were generally seen as feeling entitled to right of way. Wang's 2015 government work report received praise for the plain language used and attention to the issues of ordinary people. In June 2016, he was transferred across the country to Qinghai province to serve as party chief. Later he was transferred to Henan to serve as party chief in March 2018. In June 2021, Wang was appointed as the Deputy Chairperson of the

National People's Congress Social Development Affairs Committee The National People's Congress Social Development Affairs Committee () is one of ten special committees of the National People's Congress, the national legislature of the People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republi ...

. Wang was an alternate member of the

17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 17th Congress on 21 October 2007, and sat until the 18th National Congress in 2012. The 17th CC is composed of full members and alternate members. It was followed by the ...

,Note: another Wang Guosheng, the general, was a full member of the 17th Central Committee. and has been a full member of the

18th 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...

and 19th Central Committees.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Guosheng Living people 1956 births Governors of Hubei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Shandong University alumni Political office-holders in Hubei Political office-holders in Qinghai CCP committee secretaries of Henan Political office-holders in Jiangsu Politicians from Liaocheng Alternate members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party