Wang Xiaodong (; born 3 January 1960) is a Chinese politician and current

Deputy Party Committee Secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the deputy ...

and Governor of

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. Originally from

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, Wang spent his early career in his home province and in

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

. He was transferred to Hubei in 2011.

Biography

Wang was born in

Xinfeng County, Jiangxi Xinfeng County () is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou, in the far south of Jiangxi province, bordering Guangdong province to the west. Administration The county executive, legislature, and court are located ...

province. Wang joined the

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in January 1983. He graduated from Jiangxi University with a degree in Marxist philosophy. He began his career in rural work in Jiangxi province, then worked as a party functionary in the General Office of the Jiangxi party committee, the Jiangxi social and education commission, the provincial policy research office, and the director of the Guizhou party general office. He became a member of the Guizhou

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in December 2000 while party secretary of Guiyang, then in May 2007 became executive deputy governor of Guizhou. In December 2011 he became a member of the Hubei party standing committee, then named executive deputy governor of Hubei. In April 2016 he was named

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of Hubei. After serving for over 16 years in a deputy provincial-ministerial position, Wang was elevated to acting governor of Hubei in September 2016. As the deputy secretary and governor of

Hubei Province 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 ...

, Wang has been involved in mitigating the

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. On 23 June 2021, he was transferred to

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and appointed deputy director of the Agricultural and Rural Committee of the National Committee of the

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on ''ce.cn'' 10 May 2014 1960 births Living people Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangxi Politicians from Ganzhou People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi Political office-holders in Guizhou Governors of Hubei Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party {{China-politician-stub