Xu Lejiang (; born April 1959) is a Chinese politician and former state-owned company executive. For nearly ten years, between 2007 and 2016, Xu was the chairman of Baosteel Group. He is currently serving as deputy head of the

United Front Work Department The United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (UFWD; ) is a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which is officially tasked with "united front work". For this endeavo ...

and the party secretary and executive vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (minister-level).

Education

Xu was born in Xintai, Shandong. He joined the Communist Party of China in June 1976. In 1982, Xu graduated from the Jiangxi Institute of Metallurgy, now known as

Jiangxi University of Science and Technology Jiangxi University of Science and Technology () is a university located in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. History Established in 1958, this university was formerly known as Jiangxi Institute of Metallurgy. The unive ...

, and majored in Metallurgy Machinery. In 2000, Xu received his MBA from a joint program between Fudan University and

The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fir ...

. In January 2007, Xu was named Chairman of Baosteel Group, a Global

Fortune 500 The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along ...

company based in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, China. In October 2016 the group merged with Wuhan Steel Group to form China Baowu Steel Group. In May 2017, Xu was named deputy head of the

, and the party secretary and executive vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. Xu was an alternate member of the

17th 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as s ...

and the

18th 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...

Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, and a member of the

19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full re ...

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