Lou Yangsheng

楼阳生Communist Party Secretary of HenanAssumed office
1 June 2021DeputyWang Kai (Governor)Preceded byWang GuoshengCommunist Party Secretary of ShanxiIn office
30 November 2019 – 1 June 2021DeputyLin Wu (Governor)Preceded byLuo HuiningSucceeded byLin WuGovernor of ShanxiIn office
30 August 2016 – 5 December 2019SecretaryLuo Huining→HimselfPreceded byLi XiaopengSucceeded byLin Wu Personal detailsBornOctober 1959 (age 64)
Pujiang, Zhejiang, ChinaPolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaAlma materZhejiang Normal University
Zhejiang University

Lou Yangsheng (Chinese: 楼阳生; pinyin: Lóu Yángshēng; born October 1959) is a Chinese politician and the current Communist Party Secretary of Henan province. Originally from Zhejiang province, Lou was the Communist Party Secretary of Lishui in his early career. He headed the party's propaganda department in Hainan before being transferred to Shanxi to become the provincial Deputy Party Secretary.

Biography

Lou Yangsheng was born in Pujiang County, Zhejiang, in 1959. During the Cultural Revolution, he worked as a sent-down youth in rural areas near his hometown. In March 1979, Lou was one of the first batch of students admitted to university after the restoration of the Gaokao exams under Deng Xiaoping. He attended Zhejiang Normal University and joined the Chinese Communist Party during his time at the university. He then worked as a middle school teacher in Longyou County. In 1984, Lou became the Communist Youth League secretary of county, beginning his political career.

Lou spent most of his political career in Zhejiang. He rose quickly in the Communist Youth League system, through 'acid tests' in Longyou County in the local party organization there. Then he was elevated to CYL leader of Quzhou, then CYL leader of Zhejiang province. In June 1997, he earned a Master's Business Administration (MBA) from Zhejiang University. In 1999, he began a short term as a visiting scholar at University of Houston in the United States. In November 1999, he left the CYL system to become mayor of Jinhua, then party secretary the city of Lishui. During his terms in Jinhua and Lishui, Lou worked under the direction of then-Zhejiang party secretary Xi Jinping. As such Lou has been named by political observers as a member of the "New Zhijiang Army", politicians who once worked under Xi and share his governing philosophies.

In January 2008, he became vice chair of the People's Political Consultative Conference of Zhejiang and the head of the province's United Front Department. In January 2009, Lou left Zhejiang to become a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee of Hainan and the province's party organization department head; in February 2010 he became concurrently the secretary of the Education Work Commission of the province. In 2012 he was transferred again, this time to Hubei, to serve on the standing committee there and also as head of the provincial organization department.^[1]

After the Shanxi "political earthquake" of 2014 which led to the demise of many top officials in the province, Lou was transferred to Shanxi province to become deputy party secretary; he replaced Jin Daoming, who was dismissed due to corruption.^[2] On August 30, 2016, Lou was appointed acting governor of Shanxi province; he was confirmed as governor on November 28.^[3]

In November 2019, Lou was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi.^[4]

In June 2021, Lou was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of Henan.^[5]

References

Political offices
Preceded by Li Xiaopeng	Governor of Shanxi 2016–2019	Succeeded by Lin Wu
Preceded by Tang Lilu	Mayor of Jinhua 2002–2003	Succeeded by Xu Zhiping
Party political offices
Preceded by Wang Guosheng	Communist Party Secretary of Henan 2021–	Incumbent
Preceded by Luo Huining	Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi 2019–2021	Succeeded by Lin Wu
Preceded by Jin Daoming	Deputy Party Secretary of Shanxi 2014–2016	Succeeded by Huang Xiaowei
Preceded by Ding Yaomin	Communist Party Secretary of Lishui 2003–2008	Succeeded by Chen Ronggao