Office1: | Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia |
Term Start1: | 30 April 2022 |
Deputy1: | Wang Lixia (chairwoman) |
Predecessor1: | Shi Taifeng |
Office2: | Minister of Veterans Affairs |
Term Start2: | 19 March 2018 |
Term End2: | 24 June 2022 |
Predecessor2: | New title |
Successor2: | Pei Jinjia |
Premier2: | Li Keqiang |
Office3: | Vice Minister of Land and Resources |
Term Start3: | June 2017 |
Term End3: | March 2018 |
Leader3: | Jiang Daming (minister) |
Office4: | Vice Minister of Civil Affairs |
Term Start4: | February 2017 |
Term End4: | June 2017 |
Leader4: | Huang Shuxian (minister) |
Office5: | Vice Governor of Shanxi |
Term Start5: | November 2016 |
Term End5: | February 2017 |
Governor5: | Lou Yangsheng |
Office6: | Vice Governor of Shandong |
Term Start6: | August 2012 |
Term End6: | September 2014 |
Governor6: | Guo Shuqing |
Sun Shaocheng | |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Birth Place: | Haiyang, Shandong, China |
Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma Mater: | Shandong University Peking University Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party |
Sun Shaocheng (; born July 1960) is a Chinese politician currently serving as party secretary of Inner Mongolia. Previously, he served as Minister of Veterans Affairs, vice-minister of Land and Resources, vice-minister of Civil Affairs, vice-governor of Shanxi, and vice-governor of Shandong. He served two separate terms as vice-minister of Ministry of Civil Affairs, from April 2009 to August 2012 and from February 2017 to June 2017. He served as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party[1] and the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]
Sun was born in Haiyang, Shandong in July 1960. He entered Shandong University in August 1980, majoring in Chinese language and literature at the Department of Chinese language, where he graduated in July 1984. After graduation, he entered the workforce, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1986. He earned his doctor's degree in the science of law from Peking University in 2002. He was also studied at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party as a part-time student.[3]
In July 1984, he was appointed as an official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and over a period of 25 years worked his way up to the position of Vice-Minister.
In August 2012, he became the vice-governor of Shandong, a position he held until September 2014. Then he was transferred to Shanxi, a province rich in coal resources, he was a Standing Committee of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee and director of its United Front Work Department.[4] He was promoted to vice-governor of Shanxi in November 2016, but having held the position for only three months, he was transferred back to Beijing and appointed the vice-minister of Ministry of Civil Affairs again, but soon he was transferred to another post as vice-minister of Ministry of Land and Resources. On March 19, 2018, he was confirmed as the inaugural Minister of Veterans Affairs at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress.[5]
On 30 April 2022, he was appointed party secretary of Inner Mongolia, the top political position in the region.[6]