Chen Zhenggao (; born March 1952) is a Chinese politician. He is best known for his terms as Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and governor of

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

province.

Biography

Chen was born in Haicheng,

Province, China. He was the mayor of

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

, the capital of Liaoning. In December 2005, he was appointed as the secretary of CPC's Shenyang City committee. On December 22, 2007, the standing committee of Liaoning people's congress accepted the request of resignation of

Zhang Wenyue Zhang Wenyue (; born October 1944) was the Chinese Communist Party Politics of Liaoning, Liaoning provincial committee Secretary, succeeding Li Keqiang from October 2007. In 2009 he retired and was succeeded by Wang Min (born 1950), Wang Min. Bi ...

as the governor of Liaoning, and appointed Chen Zhenggao as the vice governor. The committee also decided Chen became the acting Governor of Liaoning people's government. In 2009, amidst the ongoing global financial crisis, Chen led a group of over 200 officials on a business trip to Japan, where they spent a total of 50 million

yen The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the e ...

(roughly $500,000US) on dining and related expenses. In 2014, Chen was appointed the Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development replacing

Jiang Weixin Jiang Weixin ( Chinese: 姜伟新; born January 1949) is the former Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction of the People's Republic of China (MOHURD). Jiang was born in Fuyu County, Heilongjiang, and graduated from Peking University. H ...

, and Li Xi succeeded him as Governor of Liaoning. He left office in 2017 upon reaching the mandated retirement age for minister level officials of 65. He was an alternate member of CPC's 17th central committee and a full member of CPC's 18th central committee.

References

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