Wang Dongfeng

Wang Dongfeng
Wang Dongfeng
王东峰
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 March 2023
Chairman	Wang Huning
Secretary-General of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 March 2023
Chairman	Wang Huning
Preceded by	Li Bin
Communist Party Secretary of Hebei Province
	In office; October 2017 – April 2022
Preceded by	Zhao Kezhi
Succeeded by	Ni Yuefeng
Mayor of Tianjin
	In office; September 2016 – October 2017
Preceded by	Huang Xingguo
Succeeded by	Zhang Guoqing
Personal details
Born	February 1958 (age 66); Xi'an, Shaanxi
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Residence(s)	Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Alma mater	Xi'an Jiaotong University

Wang Dongfeng (Chinese: 王东峰; born February 1958) is a Chinese politician who is the current secretary-general of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was formerly the Communist Party secretary of Hebei province and mayor of Tianjin, one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China. Born in Xi'an, Wang spent his early career in his home province of Shaanxi. He then served in the State Administration for Industry and Commerce before being transferred to Tianjin.

Biography

Wang Dongfeng was born in Xi'an. He graduated with a master's degree in economics from Xi'an Jiaotong University. In 1981 he began work at a tourism supplier company in Xi'an. Between 1984 and 1986 he worked for the city's financial and trade affairs office. Then he made his way into the Xi'an municipal government, serving as secretary in the city's party committee general office. In 1998, he was named the director of the Industry and Commerce Administration of Shaanxi province. Then in 2001 he was named mayor of Weinan. He then became party chief of Tongchuan.

In July 2004, Wang was transferred to become deputy director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. In April 2013, he was named Deputy Party Secretary of Tianjin. In September 2016, following the dismissal and disciplinary investigation into Huang Xingguo, Wang was named mayor of Tianjin. He was confirmed on November 6.^[1]

In October 2017, Wang was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of Hebei.^[2]

Wang is a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was also a member of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

References

^ 王东峰任天津市委副书记何立峰不再担任
^ "广东等4省省委主要负责同志职务调整". Xinhua. 2017-10-28. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-28.

Party political offices
Preceded by Zhao Kezhi	Communist Party Secretary of Hebei 2017–2022	Succeeded by Ni Yuefeng
Preceded by He Lifeng	Deputy Party Secretary of Tianjin 2013–2016	Succeeded by Huai Jinpeng
Political offices
Preceded by Huang Xingguo	Mayor of Tianjin 2016–2017	Succeeded by Zhang Guoqing