Du Jiahao

Du Jiahao (Chinese: ; born July 1955) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2016 as the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan province. He served between 2013 and 2016 as the Governor of Hunan. Before that, he served as Vice Governor of Heilongjiang province, and also held many positions in Shanghai, including party chief of the Pudong New Area.[1][2][3]

Du Jiahao
杜家毫
Communist Party Secretary of Hunan
In office
28 August 2016  20 November 2020
DeputyXu Dazhe (Governor)
Preceded byXu Shousheng
Succeeded byXu Dazhe
Governor of Hunan
In office
April 2013  September 2016
Preceded byXu Shousheng
Succeeded byXu Dazhe
Personal details
BornJuly 1955 (age 65)
Shanghai
NationalityChinese
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materEast China Normal University
Central Party School
China Europe International Business School

Career

Du Jiahao was born in Shanghai, but is considered a native of his ancestral home of Yin County, Zhejiang by Chinese convention. He entered the work force in March 1973, working at the farm tool factory of Yuejin Farm in rural Shanghai. He joined the Communist Party of China in December that year.[2][3]

Du worked in the farm administration system of Shanghai for most of the next two decades. In 1983 he enrolled at the Chinese department of East China Normal University on a part-time basis, earning a bachelor's degree in literature in 1988.[2][3]

In March 1992 Du Jiahao became the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Songjiang County (converted to an urban district in 1998) in suburban Shanghai, rising to Party Secretary the next year. From 1995 to 1998 he studied economics at the graduate school of the Central Party School, also on a part-time basis.[2][3]

From 1999 to 2003 Du was the party chief of the urban Yangpu District of Shanghai, and from 2004 to 2007 he was the party chief of the sub-provincial level Pudong New Area of eastern Shanghai. About the same time he enrolled at the China Europe International Business School, obtaining an MBA in 2007.[2][3]

In December 2007 Du was transferred out of Shanghai for the first time of his career, to Heilongjiang province in Northeastern China where he was appointed Vice Governor, and later deputy party chief in April 2011.[1][2][3]

In March 2013 Du was transferred again, to become the deputy party chief of Hunan province in south-central China. He was appointed Acting Governor of Hunan in April and Governor on 31 May 2013.[1][2] Sometime in 2013, he was awarded a civil honour by the Austrian state of Burgenland.[3] In August 2016, in anticipation of the 19th Party Congress, Du was elevated to the post of Communist Party Secretary of Hunan. Many observers saw this as potentially preparing him for even further elevation.[4]

Du is an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[1][2][3]

References

  1. "Du Jiahao". China Vitae. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  2. 杜家毫 [Du Jiahao] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. 杜家毫简历 [Biography of Du Jiahao] (in Chinese). People's Daily. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  4. "十九大前波澜突起 杜家毫一肩双挑". Duowei. August 23, 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
Xu Shousheng
Governor of Hunan
2013–2016
Succeeded by
Xu Dazhe
Party political offices
Preceded by
Xu Shousheng
Communist Party Secretary of Hunan
2016–2020
Succeeded by
Xu Dazhe
Preceded by
Jiang Sixian
Communist Party Secretary of Pudong
2004–2007
Succeeded by
Xu Lin
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