Che Jun

Che Jun (Chinese: 车俊; born July 1955) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2017 as the Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang. Between 2016 and 2017, he served as Governor of Zhejiang. Che began his career in Anhui province, and rose to prominence taking charge of Shijiazhuang in the aftermath of the Chinese milk scandal and being dispatched to Xinjiang following the July 2009 Ürümqi riots.

Che Jun
车俊
Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang
In office 26 April 2017 – 31 August 2020
Deputy	Yuan Jiajun
Preceded by	Xia Baolong
Succeeded by	Yuan Jiajun
Governor of Zhejiang
In office July 2016 – April 2017
Preceded by	Li Qiang
Succeeded by	Yuan Jiajun
Personal details
Born	July 1955 (age 65) Chaohu, Anhui
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Central Party School of the Communist Party of China

Biography

Che was born in Chaohu, Anhui province. He joined the Communist Party of China in December 1973. He obtained an economic administration degree from the Central Party School.

Che began his career in his native Anhui province, first working for the Hefei Intermediate People's Court as a legal assistant, then deputy president and president of the court. In 1989, he entered the Hefei city government, and became the city's police chief. He was then named mayor of Hefei. In 2001, he was named party chief of Hefei.

In 2005, Che left his native province to work in Hebei as the head of the provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission. A year later, he was named Organization Department head of Hebei province. In May 2008, he became Deputy Party Secretary of Hebei.[1] In August 2008, due to the Chinese milk scandal which originated in products of Sanlu, headquartered in the capital of Hebei, Shijiazhuang, Che was named party chief of Shijiazhuang, replacing Wu Xianguo who was dismissed due to the scandal.

In May 2010, Che headed to the far west region of Xinjiang, becoming Deputy Party Secretary, the Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and chief executive of the China Xinjian Group Corporation.[2] In September 2010 he was confirmed as a provincial-level official. On April 30, 2015, Che was relieved of his position as Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps; he has since then held only one office - that of deputy party chief of Xinjiang.[3]

On July 4, 2016, Che was transferred out of Xinjiang and headed back east, where he became acting Governor of Zhejiang; he was duly confirmed as governor on January 20, 2017.[4] In April 2017, Che was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang.[5]

Che has been an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and a full member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees.[3]

References

1. 中共中央批准：车俊同志任河北省委副书记
2. 车俊出任新疆生产建设兵团政委
3. 车俊同志简历 China Economic News 2014-05-16
4. "车俊被任命为浙江省副省长代理省长". people.cn. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
5. "中共中央决定：车俊任浙江省委书记，夏宝龙不再担任". thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2017-04-26.