Wang Zuo'an (; born May 1958) is a

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politician who served as director of the

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and vice-minister of the

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from 2009 to 2022. He was an alternate member of the

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. He was a member of the 12th and 13th Standing Committee of the

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Biography

Wang was born in

Yixing Yixing () is a county-level city administered under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze Delta, Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing ware, Yixing clay ware t ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

, in May 1958. He entered the workforce in September 1977, and joined the

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in June 1985. After the

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in 1977, he worked in a ceramic factory in his hometown. After the resumption of College Entrance Examination, he entered the

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU) is a public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated and sponsored by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. The univers ...

, where he majored in

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. After university, he was assigned to the

, where he worked until 1987. In August 1987 he was transferred to the

and over a period of 30 years worked his way up to the position of Director. He concurrently serving as vice-minister of the

since March 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Zuo'an 1958 births Nanjing University alumni Living people People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Alternates of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party People from Yixing Politicians from Wuxi Delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Standing Committee of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference