Wan Xueyuan (; born January 1941) is a politician of the
People's Republic of China
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. He currently serves as the vice director of foreign affairs committee of 11th
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Born in
Huanggang
Huanggang is a prefecture-level city in easternmost Hubei Province, China. It is situated to the north of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and is bounded in the north by the Dabie Mountains and is named after Mount Huanggang. It border ...
,
Hubei Province
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, Wan joined the
Chinese Communist Party
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in June, 1961. He graduated from the department of naval dynamics of
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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in 1964.
Wan served as the secretary-general of the government of Shanghai. In September 1992, Wan became the vice governor of
Zhejiang
Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...
. From January, 1993 to April, 1997, he served as the
Governor of Zhejiang. Between 1997 and 2006, he served as Vice-Minister of Human Resources and Social Security.
References
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1941 births
People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei
Living people
Politicians from Huanggang
Governors of Zhejiang
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei