Wang Xiankui (; born July 1952) is a Chinese politician best known for his terms as governor, then

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 ...

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

, a province in the northeast part of the country. Wang worked in various capacities in the railway system before entering politics in 2003 as the deputy party chief of Gansu province.

Career

Wang Xiankui was born in 1952 in

Cang County Cang County or Cangxian () is a county of Hebei province, China. It is under the administration of Cangzhou City. County government offices are located in Xinhua District. Administrative divisions Towns: Xingji (), Jiuzhou The term Nine Pr ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...

province. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

in May 1974. Wang entered the workforce in March 1971 as a railway worker, then train conductor, with the Harbin Railway Bureau in

province. As part of his work in railways, he was stationed in

Mudanjiang Mudanjiang (; Manchu: ''Mudan bira''), alternately romanized as Mutankiang, is a prefecture-level city in the southeast part of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It was called ''Botankou'' under Japanese occupation. It serves as ...

. He served as

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 ...

leader, then party chief, of the Mudanjiang train station, then deputy chief of the Mudanjiang Branch of the Harbin Bureau. In 1996, he was named head of the Hohhot Railway Bureau in

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

, where he served until January 1999. He was then transferred to work for the Ministry of Railways, where he served as head of the political department. From 1981 to 1984 Wang studied transportation at

East China Jiaotong University East China Jiaotong University (; abbreviated ECJTU) is a university in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China. It was formerly known as Shanghai Railway Institute, which was moved from Shanghai to Nanchang in 1971. ECJTU is one of the renowned m ...

and then Southwest Jiaotong University, although his official biography does not list any degrees obtained from these institutions. He is, however, listed as having received a graduate degree from the

Central Party School The Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (), commonly known as the Central Party School (), located in Beijing, is the higher education institution which trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. As of 2012, it has around 1,6 ...

in economic management in 1998, during his tenure as head of the Hohhot Railway Bureau. In April 2003, Wang was appointed

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of Gansu province, and in October 2006 he was transferred to the same position in

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

province. He was transferred yet again in August 2010 to Heilongjiang province, where he was appointed acting governor, succeeding

Li Zhanshu Li Zhanshu (; born August 30, 1950) is a Chinese politician, and the current outgoing chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the Chinese Speaker. He was the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committe ...

. He was formally confirmed as Governor by the Heilongjiang Provincial Congress in November 2010. In March 2013 he was promoted to Party Secretary of Heilongjiang, succeeding

Ji Bingxuan Ji Bingxuan (; born November 1951) is a Chinese politician. Since 2013, he has served as one of the Vice Chairmen of the 12th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. From 2008 to 2013, he held the highest post in Heilongjiang provin ...

, who became a Vice Chairman of the

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. Wang was replaced as Governor by Lu Hao. Wang was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee, and a full member of the

18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 18th National Congress on 15 November 2012, and sat in plenary sessions until the communing of the 19th National Congress in 2017. It was formally proceeded by the 17t ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Xiankui Living people 1952 births Governors of Heilongjiang CCP committee secretaries of Heilongjiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Political office-holders in Gansu Political office-holders in Jiangxi Politicians from Cangzhou