Wang Guanghua Explained

Office1:Minister of Natural Resources
Term Start1:June 2022
Premier1:Li Keqiang
Li Qiang
Predecessor1:Lu Hao
Wang Guanghua
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Xingyang County, Henan, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Peking University
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Wáng Guǎnghuá

Wang Guanghua (; born January 1963) is a Chinese politician who is the current Minister of Natural Resources, in office since June 2022.

Biography

Wang was born in Xingyang County (now Xingyang), Henan, in January 1963. After the gaokao resumed in 1979, he entered Peking University, majoring in economic geography.

After university in 1983, he was assigned as an official to the . He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1987. He served in various posts in the before serving as deputy director of the Cadastral Management Division of the Ministry of Land and Resources in July 1998, and director in September 2014, interspersed with five years as director of Wuhan Bureau of the State Land Supervision from December 2008 to December 2013. In July 2015, he became vice minister of natural resources,[1] [2] [3] rising to minister in June 2022.[4]

In October 2022, Wang was elected as a full member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[5]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: China's total arable land shrinks nearly 6% from 2009-2019 - survey . 24 June 2022 . reuters.com . 27 August 2021.
  2. News: Yang, Wanli . Survey: Nation getting greener over past decade . 24 June 2022 . Chinadaily.com . 27 August 2021.
  3. News: China to prohibit non-agricultural use of arable land . 24 June 2022 . xinhuanet.com . 18 September 2020.
  4. News: Yi Yi (Chinese: 伊一). http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202206/23/t20220623_37789186.shtml . zh:王广华任自然资源部党组书记 陆昊另有任用 . ce.cn . 23 June 2022 . 24 June 2022 . zh.
  5. Web site: (CPC Congress) List of members of 20th CPC Central Committee-Xinhua . 2022-12-14 . english.news.cn.