Huang Xingguo
Huang Xingguo | |
|---|---|
| 黄兴国 | |
 Huang Xingguo speaks at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin in September 2010. | |
| Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin (Acting) | |
| Assumed office December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sun Chunlan |
| Mayor of Tianjin | |
| Assumed office December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Dai Xianglong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1, 1954 Xiangshan County, Zhejiang |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Central Party School |
Huang Xingguo (simplified Chinese: 黄兴国; traditional Chinese: 黃興國; pinyin: Huáng Xīngguó; born October 1954) is the current Mayor of Tianjin; since December 2014 Huang has been acting as the Party Secretary of Tianjin.[1] Huang is originally from Zhejiang province, and previously served as party chief of Ningbo.
Biography
Born in October 1954 in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province, he joined the Communist Party of China in 1973. Between 1983 and 1953, Huang served as the party chief in Xiangshan County. He went to Taizhou in July 1987, taking the office of deputy party chief and prefectural governor. During his time in office, Taizhou became a "prefecture-level city" and Huang earned the title of "Mayor". Taizhou's economy developed rapidly during Huang's term. It became one of the most affluent cities in the Yangtze River Delta.[2]
He was appointed to be the Secretary-General of the Zhejiang provincial government. In January 1998, he was named vice governor of Zhejiang Province, then became the party chief of the city of Ningbo. During this time he also entered the ranks of the provincial party leadership, working directly under then Zhejiang Party Secretary Xi Jinping. In November 2003 Huang was transferred to work in the coastal city of Tianjin as Vice Mayor.
In November 2003, he became the executive vice mayor of Tianjin. In December 2007, he was named acting mayor of Tianjin, and confirmed a few months later by the municipal People's Congress, replacing Dai Xianglong. In December 2014, Huang, after serving as Mayor for some seven years, became the acting party chief of Tianjin, replacing Sun Chunlan.[3]
He was among the finalists for the 2010 World Mayor prize.
References
- ^ Information on Tianjin's leaders from Tianjin's government website. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
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- ^ "黄兴国 现任天津市委代理书记". Database of Chinese cadres. Retrieved 1 January 2015.