He Zhongyou Explained

Office:Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
Term Start:July 2024
Predecessor:Li Yifei
Office1:Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi
Deputy1:Yahefu Paidula (mayor)
Term Start1:13 May 2023
Term End1:July 2024
Predecessor1:Yang Fasen
Office2:Communist Party Secretary of Haikou
Term Start2:5 December 2019
Term End2:October 2021
Predecessor2:Zhang Qi
Office3:Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee
Term Start3:May 2017
Term End3:December 2019
Predecessor3:Lin Shaochun
Successor3:Ye Zhenqin
Office4:Vice Governor of Guangdong
Term Start4:January 2016
Term End4:July 2017
Successor4:Huang Ningsheng (Chinese: 黄宁生)
Office5:Communist Party Secretary of Heyuan
Term Start5:December 2011
Term End5:January 2016
Predecessor5:Chen Jianhua
Successor5:Zhang Wen
He Zhongyou
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Wuwei County, Anhui, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Southwest Jiaotong University
London School of Economics
University of Massachusetts Boston
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party

He Zhongyou (; born November 1965) is a Chinese politician currently serving as political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and party secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee. He previously served as party secretary of Ürümqi and a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee.

He was a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Early life and education

He was born in Wuwei County, Anhui in November 1965. In September 1984 he was accepted to Southwest Jiaotong University, majoring in computer science.

Career

After graduating in July 1988, he was assigned to the Guangdong Provincial Communications Department, becoming its Party Branch Secretary in April 2007 and the head in March 2008. He obtained his Master of Science degree from London School of Economics at the expense of the Communist government in 1996. In 2000 he was sent to study at the University of Massachusetts Boston as a part-time student.

In December 2011 he was transferred to Heyuan and appointed Communist Party Secretary there, he concurrently served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress in January 2012. In January 2016 he was promoted to become vice-governor of Guangdong.[2] [3] He was secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee in May 2017, and held that office until December 2019.

On December 5, 2019, he was appointed CCP committee secretary of Haikou and member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Hainan Provincial Committee, replacing Zhang Qi, who was sacked for graft in September 2019.[4] [5]

In October 2021, he was appointed as a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee. In May 2023, he succeeded Yang Fasen as the Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi.[6] In August 2024, he replaced Li Yifei as political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and party secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2012-08/14/nw.D110000zgqnb_20120814_1-06.htm . zh:中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会代表名单 . cyol.com . 14 August 2021 . 16 August 2024 . zh.
  2. News: https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1423408 . zh:河源市委书记何忠友、韶关市委书记蓝佛安出任广东省副省长 . thepaper . 21 January 2016. 10 December 2019 . zh.
  3. News: http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201707/27/t20170727_24515033.shtml . zh:黄宁生任广东省副省长 何忠友不再担任 . ce.cn . 27 July 2017 . 10 December 2019 . zh.
  4. News: Zhu Jiabei (Chinese: 祝加贝) . http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2019-12-05/doc-iihnzhfz3887858.shtml . zh:中共中央批准:何忠友任海南省委常委 . sina . 5 December 2019 . 10 December 2019 . zh.
  5. News: Lin Yunshi (Chinese: 林韵诗) . 6 December 2019 . zh:人事观察 从广东飞降 海南新常委何忠友主政海口 . http://china.caixin.com/2019-12-06/101491134.html . 10 December 2019 . caixin.com . zh.
  6. News: 15 May 2023 . zh:新疆维吾尔自治区党委副书记何忠友兼任乌鲁木齐市委书记 . He Zhongyou, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, concurrently serves as Secretary of the Ürümqi Municipal Party Committee . http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202305/15/t20230515_38546839.shtml . 7 January 2024 . Economic Daily.
  7. News: https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20240814A04NGX00 . zh:何忠友已任新疆生产建设兵团政委 . qq.com . 14 August 2024 . 16 August 2024 . zh.