Wei Xiaodong (; born May 1961) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as chairman of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Wei was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. He was a representative of the

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and is a representative of the

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Early life and education

Wei was born in Zhangzhou,

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, in May 1961. After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1979, he was accepted to

Xiamen University Xiamen University (XMU; ) is a public university in Siming, Xiamen, Siming, Xiamen, Fujian, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Pro ...

, where he majored in plan statistics. He joined the

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(CCP) in May 1983 upon graduation.

Career

After university in 1983, Wei was assigned to the . After the institutional reform in 1988, he worked in the . Starting in April 1988, he served in several posts in the Central Institutional Organization Commission, including director of the Comprehensive Department, director of the Second Department, and director of the Fourth Department. In October 2010, Wei was transferred to

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province and appointed

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. He was deputy party secretary of Hebi in September 2011, in addition to serving as mayor. He was elevated to party secretary, the top political position in the city, in April 2013. In April 2015, he was chosen as party secretary of

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. In August 2016, Wei was recalled to the Central Institutional Organization Commission and appointed deputy director of the Office. Wei was appointed head of the Organization Department of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee in April 2017 and was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. He was named vice chairperson of the

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in January 2021, concurrently serving as president of the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions. In August 2021, Wei was chosen as party branch secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in addition to serving as chairperson since January 2022.

References

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