He Zhongyou

Chinese politician
何忠友
Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 July 2024Preceded byLi YifeiCommunist Party Secretary of ÜrümqiIn office
13 May 2023 – July 2024DeputyYahefu Paidula (mayor)Preceded byYang FasenSucceeded byZhang ZhuCommunist Party Secretary of HaikouIn office
5 December 2019 – October 2021Preceded byZhang QiSucceeded byLuo Zengbin [zh]Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial CommitteeIn office
May 2017 – December 2019Preceded byLin ShaochunSucceeded byYe ZhenqinVice Governor of GuangdongIn office
January 2016 – July 2017Succeeded byHuang Ningsheng (黄宁生)Communist Party Secretary of HeyuanIn office
December 2011 – January 2016Preceded byChen JianhuaSucceeded byZhang Wen Personal detailsBornNovember 1965 (age 58)
Wuwei County, Anhui, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyAlma materSouthwest Jiaotong University
London School of Economics
University of Massachusetts Boston
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party

He Zhongyou (Chinese: 何忠友; pinyin: Hé Zhōngyǒu; born November 1965) is a Chinese politician currently serving as political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and party secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee. He previously served as party secretary of Ürümqi and a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee.

He was a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Early life and education

He was born in Wuwei County, Anhui in November 1965.[2] In September 1984 he was accepted to Southwest Jiaotong University, majoring in computer science.[2]

Career

After graduating in July 1988, he was assigned to the Guangdong Provincial Communications Department, becoming its Party Branch Secretary in April 2007 and the head in March 2008.[2] He obtained his Master of Science degree from London School of Economics at the expense of the Communist government in 1996.[2] In 2000 he was sent to study at the University of Massachusetts Boston as a part-time student.[2]

In December 2011 he was transferred to Heyuan and appointed Communist Party Secretary there, he concurrently served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress in January 2012. In January 2016 he was promoted to become vice-governor of Guangdong.[2][3] He was secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee in May 2017, and held that office until December 2019.[4]

On December 5, 2019, he was appointed CCP committee secretary of Haikou and member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Hainan Provincial Committee, replacing Zhang Qi, who was sacked for graft in September 2019.[4][5]

In October 2021, he was appointed as a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee. In May 2023, he succeeded Yang Fasen as the Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi.[6] In August 2024, he replaced Li Yifei as political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and party secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee.[7]

References

  1. ^ 中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会代表名单. cyol.com (in Chinese). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f 河源市委书记何忠友、韶关市委书记蓝佛安出任广东省副省长. thepaper (in Chinese). 21 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. ^ 黄宁生任广东省副省长 何忠友不再担任. ce.cn (in Chinese). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Zhu Jiabei (祝加贝) (5 December 2019). 中共中央批准：何忠友任海南省委常委. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  5. ^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (6 December 2019). 人事观察 从广东飞降 海南新常委何忠友主政海口. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  6. ^ 新疆维吾尔自治区党委副书记何忠友兼任乌鲁木齐市委书记 [He Zhongyou, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, concurrently serves as Secretary of the Ürümqi Municipal Party Committee]. Economic Daily. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  7. ^ 何忠友已任新疆生产建设兵团政委. qq.com (in Chinese). 14 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Heyuan
2011–2016 		Succeeded by
Zhang Wen (张文)
Preceded by
Lin Shaochun (林少春)
 Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee
2017–2019 		Succeeded by
Ye Zhenqin (叶贞琴)
Preceded by
Zhang Qi
 Communist Party Secretary of Haikou
2019 		Succeeded by
Luo Zengbin [zh]
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi
2023–2024 		Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by Secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee
2024–present 		Incumbent
Government offices
Preceded by
Zhang Yuanyi (张远贻)
 Head of the Guangdong Provincial Communications Department
2008–2012 		Succeeded by
Zeng Zhaogeng (曾兆庚)
Military offices
Preceded by
Li Yifei
 Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
2024–present 		Incumbent