Wang Dongfeng

王东峰Secretary-General of the Chinese People's Political Consultative ConferenceAssumed office
10 March 2023ChairmanWang HuningPreceded byLi BinCommunist Party Secretary of Hebei ProvinceIn office
October 2017 – April 2022Preceded byZhao KezhiSucceeded byNi YuefengMayor of TianjinIn office
September 2016 – October 2017Preceded byHuang XingguoSucceeded byZhang Guoqing Personal detailsBornFebruary 1958 (age 66)
Xi'an, ShaanxiPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyResidence(s)Shijiazhuang, HebeiAlma materXi'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.

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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