Wang Ning (politician, born 1961)

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Ning (Chinese: 王宁; born April 1961) is a Chinese politician currently serving as party secretary of Yunnan. He is an alternate member and then a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Wang Ning
王宁
Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 October 2021
Deputy	Wang Yubo (governor)
Preceded by	Ruan Chengfa
Governor of Fujian
In office 2 July 2020 – 19 October 2021
Party Secretary	Yu Weiguo Yin Li
Preceded by	Tang Dengjie
Succeeded by	Zhao Long
Communist Party Secretary of Fuzhou
In office June 2017 – August 2020
Preceded by	Ni Yuefeng
Succeeded by	Lin Baojin
Personal details
Born	April 1961 (age 62) Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shenyang Jianzhu University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	王寧
Simplified Chinese	王宁
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wāng Níng

Biography

Wang was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, in April 1961. He graduated from Liaoning Architectural Engineering Institute (now Shenyang Jianzhu University).

He joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1983. He served in the Ministry of Construction and then Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, where he was promoted to become its vice-minister in July 2013.

In December 2015 he was transferred to southeast China's Fujian province and appointed head of the Organization Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In June 2017, he was appointed mayor of Fuzhou and secretary of the Party Working Committee of Fuzhou New Development Zone.^[1] He became Deputy Party Secretary of Fujian in May 2018. On July 2, 2020, he was named acting governor of Fujian, replacing Tang Dengjie.^[2] On September 15, he was installed as governor of Fujian.^[3]

On 19 October 2021, he was transferred to southwest China's Yunnan province and appointed party secretary, the top political position in the province.^[4]

In October 2022, he became a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[5]

References

1. 福建省委常委王宁任福州市委书记(简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
2. 王宁任福建省副省长、代理省长 崔永辉任副省长. fjsen.com (in Chinese). 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
3. Qiu Lifang (邱丽芳) (15 September 2021). 王宁当选福建省省长. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
4. Chen Jianhui (陈建慧) (20 October 2021). 刘宁任广西壮族自治区党委书记，王宁任云南省委书记. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
5. Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (12 October 2022). 十九届七中全会闭幕 三人递补为中央委员. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 October 2022.

Government offices
Preceded by Jiang Xinzhi	Head of the Organization Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communis 2015–2017	Succeeded by Hu Changsheng (胡昌升)
Preceded by Tang Dengjie	Governor of Fujian 2020–2021	Succeeded by Zhao Long
Party political offices
Preceded by Ni Yuefeng (倪岳峰)	Deputy Secretary of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2018–2020	Succeeded by Hu Changsheng (胡昌升)
Preceded by Ni Yuefeng (倪岳峰)	Secretary of Fuzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2017–2020	Succeeded by Lin Baojin (林宝金)
Preceded by Ruan Chengfa	Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan 2021–present	Incumbent
Assembly seats
Preceded by Chen Hao	Chairman of Yunnan People's Congress 2021–present	Incumbent