As the 11th Beijing Municipal Party Congress concluded on July 3, the Communist Party of China has completed its province-level Party committee transitions before the five-yearly National Congress of the Party. In this round of elections, a group of younger cadres were elected into provincial standing committees. [more]

Guo
Jinlong

Beijing

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Zhang
Gaoli

Tianjin

Yu Zhengsheng

Shanghai

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Zhang Dejiang

Chongqing

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Guo Jinlong, mayor of Beijing, was elected secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on July 3.

Zhang Gaoli was reelected secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China on May 26.

Zhang Dejiang was elected secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China on May 22.

Zhang, born in November 1946, is a native of Tai'an, Liaoning province. He has been a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since 2002.[more]

Zhang Qingli

Hebei

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Yuan Chunqing

Shanxi

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Wang Min

Liaoning

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Sun Zhengcai

Jilin

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Zhang Qingli was elected secretary of of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China Nov 22, 2011.

Yuan Chunqing was elected secretary of north China's Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Nov 1, 2011.

Yuan was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the 10th CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee held in Taiyuan, capital of the coal-rich province.[more]

Wang Min was elected secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Oct 13, 2011.

Sun Zhengcai was elected secretary of the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on May 6, 2012.

Sun, born in August 1963, was elected to the post at the first plenary meeting of the 10th CPC Jilin Provincial Committee held in Jilin.[more]

Ji
Bingxuan

Heilongjiang

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Luo Zhijun

Jiangsu

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Zhao Hongzhu

Zhejiang

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Zhang Baoshun

Anhui

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Ji Bingxuan was elected secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on April 24.

The election was held at the first plenary session of the 11th CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee.[more]

Luo Zhijun was elected secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Nov 10, 2011.

Luo was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the 12th CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee.[more]

Zhao Hongzhu was elected secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on June 10.

The election was held at the first plenary session of the 13th Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the CPC.[more]

Zhang Baoshun was elected secretary of east China's Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Oct 30, 2011.

Zhang was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the 9th CPC Anhui Provincial Committee.[more]

Sun Chunlan

Fujian

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Su
Rong

Jiangxi

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Jiang Yikang

Shandong

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Lu Zhangong

Henan

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Sun Chunlan was elected Communist Party chief of southeast China's Fujian Province on Nov 19, 2011.

Sun was elected secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China at the first plenary session of the 9th CPC Fujian Provincial Committee in the provincial capital of Fuzhou.[more]

Su Rong was elected secretary of east China's Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Oct 30, 2011.

Su was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the 13th CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee held in Nanchang.[more]

Jiang Yikang was elected secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on May 28

Jiang, born in January 1953, was elected to the post at the first plenary meeting of the 10th CPC Shandong Provincial Committee held in Shandong.[more]

Lu Zhangong was elected secretary of Central China's Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Oct 30, 2011.

Lu was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the 9th CPC Henan Provincial Committee held in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan.[more]

Li Hongzhong

Hubei

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Wang Yang

Guangdong

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Luo Baoming

Hainan

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Li Hongzhong was elected secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on June 13.

Li, born in August 1956, was elected to the post at the first plenary meeting of the 10th CPC Hubei Provincial Committee held in Hubei.[more]

Zhou Qiang was elected Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on November 23, 2011.

Zhou was born in April 1960 in Huangmei county, Central China's Hubei province.[more]

Wang Yang was elected secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on May 13, 2011.

The election was held at the first plenary session of the 11th CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee.[more]

Luo Baoming was elected as secretary of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on April 28, 2012.

Luo, born in October 1952, was selected for the post at the first plenary meeting of the sixth CPC Hainan Provincial Committee.[more]

Liu
Qibao

Sichuan

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Zhao
Kezhi

Guizhou

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Qin
Guangrong

Yunnan

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Zhao
Leji

Shaanxi

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Liu Qibao was elected secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on May 19.

The election was held at the first plenary session of the 10th CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee.[more]

The Communist Party of China Central Committee recently decided Zhao Kezhi to be the secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the CPC on July 18, 2012.

Zhao Kezhi was born in December 1953.[more]

Qin Guangrong was elected secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Nov 29, 2011.

Qin, 61, was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the 9th CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee.[more]

Wang
Sanyun

Gansu

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Qiang
Wei

Qinghai

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The Party Constitution stipulates that: The highest leading body of the Party is the National Congress and the Central Committee elected by it. Theleading bodies of local Party organizations are the Party congresses at their respective levels and the Party committees elected by them. Party committees are responsible, and report their work, to the Party congresses at their respective levels.

The Party congress of a province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, city divided into districts, autonomous prefecture, county (banner), autonomous county, city not divided into districts, or municipal district is held once every five years. [more]

Wang Sanyun was elected secretary of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on April 28, 2012.

The election was held at the first plenary session of the 12th CPC Gansu Provincial Committee.[more]

Qiang Wei was elected secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on May 22.

The election was held at the first plenary session of the 12th CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee.[more]

Hu Chunhua

Inner Mongolia

Guo Shengkun

Guangxi

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Chen Quanguo

Tibet

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Zhang Yi

Ningxia

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Hu Chunhua was elected Communist Party chief of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Nov 14, 2011.

Before being appointed to the current position in November 2009, he had been the governor of north China's Hebei Province.[more]

Guo Shengkun was elected Communist Party chief of south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Nov 15, 2011.

Guo, native of Xingguo county in Jiangxi province and born in October 1954, joined the Communist Party of China in December 1974.[more]

Chen Quanguo was elected Communist Party chief of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Nov 15, 2011.

Chen was born in the central province of Henan in 1955, and joined the CPC in 1973.[more]

Zhang Yi was elected secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China on June 10.

The election was held at the first plenary session of the 11th Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the CPC.[more]

Zhang Chunxian

Xinjiang

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'One Party chief and two deputies' model still popular

The "one secretary and two deputy secretaries" model has been the main structure employed by most local committees during the current elections. The only exceptions have been the Tibet autonomous region Party Committee with four deputy secretaries, and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Party Committee with three deputy secretaries. The remaining provincial Party committees have two deputy secretaries. [more]

13 provinces elect female members to standing Party committees

All thirteen provinces and autonomous regions that have completed Party committee transitions have elected at least one female member to their standing committees. [more]

The emergence of a group of 60s standing committee members

A group of young cadres born in the 1960s were elected into provincial standing committees after the most recent round of Party congress elections for 13 provinces and autonomous regions. Until now, the youngest among the elected provincial standing committee members was Yang Yue of the Standing Committee of CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, who is also secretary of the CPC Fuzhou City Committee and was born in 1968. [more]

Zhang Chunxian was elected secretary of northwest China's Xinjiang Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China on Oct 31, 2011.

Zhang was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the 8th CPC Xinjiang Regional Committee held in Urumqi, capital of the Uygur autonomous region.[more]