Xu Xinrong (; born April 1962) is a Chinese politician and the current chairman of the

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Provincial Committee of the

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, in office since January 2022. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. He is a representative of the

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (commonly referred to as ''Shíjiǔ Dà''; ) was held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, between 18 and 24 October 2017. 2,280 delegates represented the party's estimated 89 mill ...

. He is an alternate member of the

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Biography

Xu was born in

Qian County Qian County () or Qianxian is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xianyang, in the central part of Shaanxi province, China. Administrative divisions Qian County is divided into 1 subdistrict and 15 towns, which are ...

, in April 1962. He graduated from

Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party The Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (), commonly known as the Central Party School (), located in Beijing, is the higher education institution which trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. As of 2012, it has around 1,60 ...

and

Shaanxi Normal University Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU) () is a university in Xi'an, China. It was included in the 211 Project in 2006 and started its high-speed development. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university, identified by the Min ...

. He also received his MBA degree from the

Guanghua School of Management The Guanghua School of Management () is the business school of Peking University in Beijing, China. The school offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs, with a total enrollment of more than 3,000 students. In addition to full-time ac ...

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

. He got involved in politics in August 1983, and joined the

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(CCP) in June 1984. In January 1995, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP

Qindu District Qindu District (), is a district of the city of Xianyang, Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E) ...

Committee, the district's top authority, and was appointed governor in November 1997. In June 2000, he was promoted to party secretary, the top political position in the district. In March 2004, he became deputy party secretary of

Xianyang Xianyang () is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an. Once the capital of the Qin dynasty, it is now integrated into the Xi'an metrop ...

, but having held the position for only two years. In February 2008, he was named acting mayor of

Weinan Weinan () is a prefecture-level city in the east central Shaanxi province, China. The city lies on the lower section of the Wei River confluence into the Yellow River, about east of the provincial capital Xi'an, and borders the provinces of Shan ...

, succeeding . He was installed as mayor in March. In February 2013, he rose to become party secretary. It would be his first job as "first-in-charge" of a city. He concurrently served as chairman of Weinan People's Congress since February 2014. He was appointed party secretary of

Yan'an Yan'an (; ), alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several counties, including Zhidan (formerly Bao'an ...

in June 2015 and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Shaanxi Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In January 2021, he was appointed head of the United Front Department of CCP Shaanxi Provincial Committee, concurrently serving as chairman of the

Provincial Committee of the

since January 2022, the province's top political advisory body.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Xinrong 1962 births Living people People from Qian County Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni Shaanxi Normal University alumni Peking University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Shaanxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shaanxi Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party