Wang Qingxian (; born July 1963) is a Chinese politician and the current

governor of Anhui The Politics of Anhui Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Anhui (安徽省省长) is the highest-ranking official in the ...

. He entered the workforce in July 1983, and joined the

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in August 1986. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. He is a delegate to the

13th National People's Congress The 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and will be in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It is scheduled to hold five sessions in this period, occurri ...

Early life and education

Wang was born in Yongnian County,

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, an ...

, in July 1963. After the resumption of college entrance examination, he was admitted to

Nankai University Nankai University (NKU or Nankai; ) is a national public research university located in Tianjin, China. It is a prestigious Chinese state Class A Double First Class University approved by the central government of China, and a member of the fo ...

in September 1979, where he majored in

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. After graduating in July 1983, he was dispatched to ''Heilongjiang Daily'' as an assistant reporter. In September 1987, he entered the

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, where he obtained a Master of Laws degree. In July 1990, he joined the

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Economic Department as an editor and senior reporter. He served as deputy editor in chief in May 1996, and three years later promoted to the editor in chief position. During this period, he earned his doctor's degree in economic from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in July 2003.

Political career

Wang entered politics in September 2004 in

north China North China, or Huabei () is a List of regions of China, geographical region of China, consisting of the provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Part of the larger region of Northern China (''Beifang''), it lies north ...

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

province. He successively served as deputy secretary general of Shanxi government, director of the Research Office of Shanxi government, executive deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee, and party branch secretary of the General Office of Shanxi government. In January 2011, he was named acting mayor of

Jincheng Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Henan province to the south and southeast. It is an industrial city in an area where coal mining is an important industry. The entire city has a population ...

, replacing . He was installed as mayor in April of the same year. In February 2013, he was named acting mayor of

Yuncheng Yuncheng is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan (Luoyang and Jiyuan to the east, Sanmenxia to the south) and Shaan ...

, concurrently holding the Deputy Party Secretary position. In May 2016, he was appointed Party Secretary of Lüliang, but having held the position for only six months. In November 2016, he was transferred to

Taiyuan Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. ...

, capital of Shanxi, where he was appointed deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee. He was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In November 2017, he was assigned to the similar position in the neighboring

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

province. He briefly served as secretary general of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee. In January 2019, he was transferred to the coastal city

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

and appointed Party Secretary. In January 2021, he was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

and party branch secretary of the provincial government. On February 1, he was elected

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on the 4th session of the 13th Anhui People's Congress. His predecessor

Li Guoying Li Guoying (; born December 1963) is a Chinese hydraulic engineer-turned-politician, currently serving as governor of Anhui province. Li worked in his early career as a technician and administrator in the national ministry of water works, the Yel ...

was transferred to

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, capital of China, and appointed minister of Water Resources.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Qingxian 1963 births Living people People from Handan Nankai University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Governors of Anhui Mayors of Yuncheng Mayors of Jincheng Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress