Wang Hongju (; born October 1945) is a retired Chinese politician. He was the mayor of

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a municipality in Southwest China. The official abbreviation of the city, "" (), was approved by the State Co ...

, one of four

direct-controlled municipalities A direct-controlled municipality is the highest level classification for cities used by unitary states, with status equal to that of the provinces in the respective countries. A direct-controlled municipality is similar to, but not the same as, a ...

in China, from 2003 to 2009. He served under

Bo Xilai Bo Xilai (; born 3 July 1949) is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of Dalian and then the governor of Liaoning. From 2004 to November 2007, ...

, who headed the Communist Party organization of the city.

Biography

Born in Chongqing, Wang graduated from

Sichuan University Sichuan University (SCU) is a national key public research university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is wholly funded by the Ministry of Education. SCU is one of the top universities of China, and a Class A Double First Class Univer ...

in 1968, majoring in

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. He joined the

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(CCP) in February 1979. During his early years, he served in various posts in

Pengshui County Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County () is an autonomous county for the Miao and Tujia people located in southeastern Chongqing, China, bordering Guizhou province to the south and southwest and Hubei province to the northeast. It is away from ...

and

Fuling Fuling District () is a district in central Chongqing, China. The area is known for ''zha cai'', a hot pickled mustard tuber, as well as serving as the location of former U.S. Peace Corps teacher Peter Hessler's best-selling memoir '' River Town: ...

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 ...

. He studied at the CCP

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from February to July 1987. In September 1996, he became a standing committee member of the CCP Chongqing committee, and the secretary of the CCP Fuling committee and chairman of the Fuling CPPCC. In June 1997, he was appointed the vice secretary of the CCP Chongqing committee and vice mayor of the city. In October 2002, he was elevated to the post of acting mayor of Chongqing. He was confirmed as mayor in January 2003, while also holding the position of vice Party chief of the city. Wang was reconfirmed for another term as mayor in January 2008 but resigned on 30 November 2009, a resignation believed to be linked with the

Chongqing gang trials The Chongqing gang trials (or dahei campaign) were a series of triad-busting trials in the city of Chongqing that began in October 2009 and concluded in 2011. Carried out under the auspices of municipal Communist Party chief Bo Xilai and poli ...

carried out by

. It was said that Wang's years of work in Chongqing and his being "native" to the city may have put him in an uneasy situation where he would be forced to cooperate in investigations into his associates or subordinates (Bo Xilai was not from Chongqing originally). Wang was replaced by

Huang Qifan Huang Qifan (, born May 1952) is a Chinese politician, best known for his term as the Mayor of Chongqing, one of China's four directly-controlled municipalities, between 2010 and 2016. Huang began his political career in Shanghai and was transf ...

. It was said that Wang himself tendered his resignation due to age. At 64, he was only one year away from the mandated retirement age for provincial-level officials.王鸿举向市人大常委会辞职：3次鞠躬4次掌声
/ref> After resigning as mayor, Wang was named a deputy chair of the

National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee The National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee () is one of nine special committees of the National People's Congress, the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. The special committee ...

. He served on the committee until 2013. Wang was a member of the

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and 17th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.

References

External links

Wang Hongju's profile at people.com.cn
1945 births Living people People's Republic of China politicians from Chongqing Mayors of Chongqing Chinese Communist Party politicians from Chongqing {{china-politician-stub

Biography

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