Wang Menghui (; born January 1960) is a Chinese politician, and the current Communist Party Secretary of Hubei. Previously he served as Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Among other roles, he has served as party chief of

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, and party chief of Shenyang.

Biography

Originally from

Yancheng Yancheng () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. As the city with the largest jurisdictional area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai'an to the west, Yangzhou and Taiz ...

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. He attended the department of architecture at

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...

. After graduating from university, he became an instructor at his alma mater. He also attended

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. In 1993, he abandoned academia and entered politics in Guangdong, at a county-level city under

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. In May 2004, he became mayor of

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. In 2006, he obtained his master's in engineering. In September 2008, he became party chief of

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. In December 2011, he became vice governor of Fujian. In May 2013, he became party chief of

. In August 2016, Wang was named

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of Shenyang; in December 2016, he was named deputy party secretary of Liaoning province. In June 2017, Wang was named Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. In June 2017, he was appointed minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and held that office until March 2022. On 29 March 2022, he was made Communist Party Secretary of Hubei, succeeding

Ying Yong Ying Yong (; born 17 November 1957) is a Chinese politician who is serving as a Deputy Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. He was formerly the Communist Party Secretary of Hubei from February 2020 to March 2022. He came to ...

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王蒙徽率团赴美考察访问提升厦门国际化水平
CE.cn 2014-05-07 1960 births Living people People from Yancheng Tsinghua University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Ministers of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party {{China-politician-stub