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He Zhongyou
He Zhongyou
何忠友
Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 July 2024
Preceded by	Li Yifei
Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi
	In office; 13 May 2023 – July 2024
Deputy	Yahefu Paidula (mayor)
Preceded by	Yang Fasen
Succeeded by	Zhang Zhu
Communist Party Secretary of Haikou
	In office; 5 December 2019 – October 2021
Preceded by	Zhang Qi
Succeeded by	Luo Zengbin
Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee
	In office; May 2017 – December 2019
Preceded by	Lin Shaochun
Succeeded by	Ye Zhenqin
Vice Governor of Guangdong
	In office; January 2016 – July 2017
Succeeded by	Huang Ningsheng (黄宁生)
Communist Party Secretary of Heyuan
	In office; December 2011 – January 2016
Preceded by	Chen Jianhua
Succeeded by	Zhang Wen
Personal details
Born	November 1965 (age 59); Wuwei County, Anhui, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Southwest Jiaotong University; London School of Economics; University of Massachusetts Boston; Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party

He Zhongyou (Chinese: 何忠友; pinyin: Hé Zhōngyǒu; born November 1965) is a Chinese politician currently serving as political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and party secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee. He previously served as party secretary of Ürümqi and a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee.

He was a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Early life and education

He was born in Wuwei County, Anhui in November 1965.^[2] In September 1984 he was accepted to Southwest Jiaotong University, majoring in computer science.^[2]

Career

After graduating in July 1988, he was assigned to the Guangdong Provincial Communications Department, becoming its Party Branch Secretary in April 2007 and the head in March 2008.^[2] He obtained his Master of Science degree from London School of Economics at the expense of the Communist government in 1996.^[2] In 2000 he was sent to study at the University of Massachusetts Boston as a part-time student.^[2]

In December 2011 he was transferred to Heyuan and appointed Communist Party Secretary there, he concurrently served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress in January 2012. In January 2016 he was promoted to become vice-governor of Guangdong.^[2]^[3] He was secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee in May 2017, and held that office until December 2019.^[4]

On December 5, 2019, he was appointed CCP committee secretary of Haikou and member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Hainan Provincial Committee, replacing Zhang Qi, who was sacked for graft in September 2019.^[4]^[5]

In October 2021, he was appointed as a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee. In May 2023, he succeeded Yang Fasen as the Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi.^[6] In August 2024, he replaced Li Yifei as political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and party secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee.^[7]

References

^ 中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会代表名单. cyol.com (in Chinese). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 河源市委书记何忠友、韶关市委书记蓝佛安出任广东省副省长. thepaper (in Chinese). 21 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ 黄宁生任广东省副省长何忠友不再担任. ce.cn (in Chinese). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b Zhu Jiabei (祝加贝) (5 December 2019). 中共中央批准：何忠友任海南省委常委. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (6 December 2019). 人事观察从广东飞降海南新常委何忠友主政海口. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ 新疆维吾尔自治区党委副书记何忠友兼任乌鲁木齐市委书记 [He Zhongyou, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, concurrently serves as Secretary of the Ürümqi Municipal Party Committee]. Economic Daily. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ 何忠友已任新疆生产建设兵团政委. qq.com (in Chinese). 14 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

Party political offices
Preceded by Chen Jianhua	Communist Party Secretary of Heyuan 2011–2016	Succeeded by Zhang Wen (张文)
Preceded by Lin Shaochun (林少春)	Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee 2017–2019	Succeeded by Ye Zhenqin (叶贞琴)
Preceded by Zhang Qi	Communist Party Secretary of Haikou 2019	Succeeded by Luo Zengbin
Preceded by Yang Fasen	Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi 2023–2024	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by Li Yifei	Secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee 2024–present	Incumbent
Government offices
Preceded by Zhang Yuanyi (张远贻)	Head of the Guangdong Provincial Communications Department 2008–2012	Succeeded by Zeng Zhaogeng (曾兆庚)
Military offices
Preceded by Li Yifei	Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps 2024–present	Incumbent