Wang Xiaodong (born 1960)

Chinese politician

王晓东Governor of HubeiIn office
September 2016 – 7 May 2021LeaderJiang Chaoliang → Ying Yong
(Party secretary)Preceded byWang GuoshengSucceeded byWang Zhonglin Personal detailsBorn (1960-01-03) 3 January 1960 (age 64)
Xinfeng County, JiangxiPolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaAlma materJiangxi UniversityChinese nameSimplified Chinese王晓东Traditional Chinese王曉東

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wáng Xiǎodōng

Wang Xiaodong (Chinese: 王晓东; born 3 January 1960) is a Chinese politician and current Deputy Party Committee Secretary and Governor of Hubei province. Originally from Jiangxi province, Wang spent his early career in his home province and in Guizhou. He was transferred to Hubei in 2011.

Biography

Wang was born in Xinfeng County, Jiangxi province. Wang joined the Communist Party of China in January 1983. He graduated from Jiangxi University with a degree in Marxist philosophy. He began his career in rural work in Jiangxi province, then worked as a party functionary in the General Office of the Jiangxi party committee, the Jiangxi social and education commission, the provincial policy research office, and the director of the Guizhou party general office. He became a member of the Guizhou party standing committee in December 2000 while party secretary of Guiyang, then in May 2007 became executive deputy governor of Guizhou.

In December 2011 he became a member of the Hubei party standing committee, then named executive deputy governor of Hubei. In April 2016 he was named deputy party secretary of Hubei. After serving for over 16 years in a deputy provincial-ministerial position, Wang was elevated to acting governor of Hubei in September 2016.^[1]

As the deputy secretary and governor of Hubei Province, Wang has been involved in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]^[3]

On 23 June 2021, he was transferred to Beijing and appointed deputy director of the Agricultural and Rural Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[4]

References

^ 王晓东任湖北省委副书记. caixin.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
^ Buckley, Chris; Qin, Amy (2020-01-30), "Coronavirus Anger Boils Over in China and Doctors Plead for Supplies", The New York Times
^ Chinese provincial press conference on coronavirus inspires anger, criticism, Reuters, 2020-01-26
^ 湖北原省长王晓东，新职明确. qq.com (in Chinese). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.