Zhuge Yujie (; born May 1971), is a Chinese politician, and the current Secretary-General of the Party Committee of Shanghai. Having spent his entire career in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...

, Zhuge has served variously in state-owned enterprises supporting the

Port of Shanghai The Port of Shanghai (), located in the vicinity of Shanghai, comprises a deep-sea port and a river port. The main port enterprise in Shanghai, the Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), was established during the reconstitution of the S ...

and local leadership roles. Zhuge has been described as a key member of the " 7th Generation" of Chinese leadership, and has been speculated to be a potential future successor to

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Biography

Zhuge Yujie was born in Shanghai. He began work in August 1992, and joined the Communist Party of China in June 1992. He began work as part of the technical staff of a construction company operating at the

; he rose through the ranks to take on administrative roles. In July 1999, he was named party chief and general manager of the Shanghai Port Industry Company (上海港务工程公司). In November 2005, he became chief executive of the Shanghai Yangshan Tongsheng Port Construction Company. In February 2009, he was named deputy governor of Putuo District, Shanghai. In February 2011, he became the president and deputy party chief of the Shanghai International Port Holdings Co. In April 2013, Zhuge was named Governor of

Yangpu District Yangpu District is one of the 16 districts of Shanghai. It is located in northeastern part of downtown Shanghai, bordering the Huangpu River on the east and south, Hongkou District on the west, and Baoshan District on the north. The southern pa ...

. In January 2015, he assumed the post of the party chief of Yangpu District. In July 2016, he was named chief of the general office of the Shanghai Party Committee, and deputy secretary-general. In March 2017, he was named a member of the Shanghai municipal

party standing committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I ...

after being promoted to secretary-general, taking on the post vacated by

Yin Hong Yin Hong (; born June 1963) is a Chinese politician who is the current Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi. He served as the Governor of Henan from December 2019 to March 2021. Previously he had spent his entire political career in Shanghai. ...

. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest person with a seat on a provincial level standing committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhuge, Yujie People's Republic of China politicians from Shanghai 1971 births Living people Political office-holders in Shanghai