Peng Jiarui Explained

Office1:Commander of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
Term Start1:April 2017
Term End1:February 2022
Predecessor1:Liu Xinqi
Successor1:Xue Bin
Peng Jiarui
Native Name:彭家瑞
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Wuwei County, Gansu, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Xinjiang Political and Legal Cadre School
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Serviceyears:?–present
Unit:2nd Division and 9th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

Peng Jiarui (; born April 1961) is Chinese military officer and politician currently serving as vice chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and vice chairman of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He previously served as commander of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1983. He was a representative of the 17th, 18th, and 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Biography

Peng was born in Wuwei County, Gansu, in April 1961. In 1979, he entered Xinjiang Political and Legal Cadre School, majoring in public security. He worked in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture after university in 1981, where he eventually became deputy party secretary and vice governor in 2001. In October 2004, he was promoted to become party secretary of Tacheng Prefecture, a position he held until July 2011, when he was appointed party secretary of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. He was appointed secretary-general of CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee in December 2015 and in March 2016 was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee, the region's top authority. He was made vice chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in March 2017, concurrently serving as commander of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and vice chairman of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1] [2] [3] On 31 July 2020, the United States government imposed Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act sanctions and visa restrictions against Peng, together with Sun Jinlong for their connection to similar human rights abuse against the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Yi Yi (Chinese: 伊一). http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201704/11/t20170411_21868153.shtml . zh:彭家瑞接替刘新齐任新疆兵团司令员、中国新建总经理 . ce.cn . 11 April 2017 . 5 December 2021 . zh.
  2. News: Zhuang Yu (Chinese: 庄彧). http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201612/02/t20161202_18330325.shtml . zh:彭家瑞任新疆维吾尔自治区政府党组副书记、副主席 . ce.cn . 2 December 2016 . 5 December 2021 . zh.
  3. News: Yi Yi (Chinese: 伊一). http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202102/05/t20210205_36294090.shtml . zh:彭家瑞、努热木·斯玛依汗等4人任新疆政协副主席 . ce.cn . 5 February 2021 . 5 December 2021 . zh.
  4. Web site: PRESS RELEASES Treasury Sanctions Chinese Entity and Officials Pursuant to Global Magnitsky Human Rights Executive Order . An Official Website of the U.S. Government . U.S. Department of the Treasury . 5 December 2021.
  5. News: Robert, Delaney . US sanctions Chinese entity and individuals over 'human rights abuses' against Uygurs in Xinjiang, using Global Magnitsky Act . 5 December 2021 . South China Morning Post . 1 August 2021.