Wu Xiaojun (; born January 1966) is a Chinese politician and the current governor of Qinghai, in office since 2022.

Early life and education

Wu was born in

Taihe County, Jiangxi Taihe County () is a county of southwest Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, situated on the west (left) bank of the Gan River. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an, to the north-northeast. Its area is ...

, in January 1966. In 1984, he entered Jiangxi University, majoring in

political economics Political economy is the study of how economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and political systems (e.g. law, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied phenomena within the discipline are systems such as labour mar ...

Career in Jiangxi

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 ...

(CCP) in May 1986, and got involved in politics in July 1988, when he was assigned to Jiangxi Economic Information Center as an official. Beginning in May 1994, he served in several posts in the General Office of Jiangxi Provincial People's Government, including section member, secretary, and deputy director. He was appointed vice mayor of

Yingtan Yingtan () is a prefecture-level city in the east of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Fujian to the southeast. Its location near the trisection of Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang has made it a strategically important city for ...

in August 2006 and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Yingtan Municipal Committee, the province's top authority. In June 2010, he became deputy director of Jiangxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission, rising to director in October 2014. He was promoted to be vice governor of

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 ...

in March 2017, and two years later was promoted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Jiangxi Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In March 2020, he was appointed party secretary of the capital

Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

, the top political position in the city.

Career in Qinghai

In April 2021, he was transferred to

northwest China Northwest China () is a statistical region of China which includes the autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Ningxia and the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai. It has an area of 3,107,900 km2. The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid con ...

Qinghai Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...

province and appointed deputy party secretary, concurrently serving as party branch secretary of Qinghai since March 2022. On March 31, he was named acting governor of Qinghai, succeeding

Xin Changxing Xin Changxing (; born December 1963) is a Chinese politician and the current Communist Party Secretary of Qinghai. Previously he served as Governor of Qinghai and before that, Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Anhui. Xin is a lifelong civil ser ...

References

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