Wang Ning (politician, born 1961)

Wang Ning (Chinese: 王宁; pinyin: Wāng Níng; born April 1961) is a Chinese politician currently serving as deputy party chief and governor of southwest China's Fujian province. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Wang Ning
王宁
Governor of Fujian
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2020
Preceded by	Tang Dengjie
Secretary of Fuzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
In office June 2017 – July 2020
Preceded by	Ni Yuefeng
Succeeded by	Lin Baojin
Deputy Secretary of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China
In office May 2018 – July 2020
Preceded by	Ni Yuefeng
Succeeded by	Hu Changsheng
Head of the Organization Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communis
In office December 2015 – July 2017
Preceded by	Jiang Xinzhi
Succeeded by	Hu Changsheng
Personal details
Born	April 1961 (age 59) Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Shenyang Jianzhu University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	王寧
Simplified Chinese	王宁
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wāng Níng

Biography

Wang was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, in April 1961. He graduated from Liaoning Architectural Engineering Institute (now Shenyang Jianzhu University).

He joined the Communist Party of China in June 1983. He served in the Ministry of Construction and then Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, where he was promoted to become its vice-minister in July 2013.

In December 2015 he was transferred to Fujian and appointed head of the Organization Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. In June 2017, he was appointed mayor of Fuzhou and secretary of the Party Working Committee of Fuzhou New Development Zone.[1] He became deputy party chief of Fujian in May 2018. On July 2, 2020, he was named acting governor of Fujian, replacing Tang Dengjie.[2]

References

1. 福建省委常委王宁任福州市委书记(简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
2. 王宁任福建省副省长、代理省长 崔永辉任副省长. fjsen.com (in Chinese). 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2020-07-05.