Sun Shaocheng (; born July 1960) is a Chinese politician currently serving as party secretary of Inner Mongolia. Previously, he served as Minister of Veterans Affairs, vice-minister of Land and Resources, vice-minister of Civil Affairs, vice-governor of Shanxi, and vice-governor of Shandong. He served two separate terms as vice-minister of Ministry of Civil Affairs, from April 2009 to August 2012 and from February 2017 to June 2017. He is a member of the 19th CPC Central Committee. He is a member of the

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (commonly referred to as ''Shíjiǔ Dà''; ) was held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, between 18 and 24 October 2017. 2,280 delegates represented the party's estimated 89 mill ...

Education

Sun was born in

Haiyang Haiyang (), a coastal city in Shandong province in eastern China, located on the Yellow Sea (southern) coast of the Shandong Peninsula. It is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yantai. Haiyang's claim t ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

in July 1960. He entered

Shandong University Shandong University (, abbreviated as Shanda, , English abbreviation SDU) is a public research comprehensive university in Jinan, Shandong with one campus in Weihai, Shandong and one campus in Qingdao, Shandong and is supported directly by the ...

in August 1980, majoring in Chinese language and literature at the Department of

Chinese language Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the wor ...

, where he graduated in July 1984. After graduation, he entered the workforce, and joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

in May 1986. He earned his doctor's degree in the science of law from

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

in 2002. He was also studied at the

Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party The Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (), commonly known as the Central Party School (), located in Beijing, is the higher education institution which trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. As of 2012, it has around 1,60 ...

as a part-time student.

Career

In July 1984, he was appointed as an official in the

Ministry of Civil Affairs The Ministry of Civil Affairs is a ministry in the State Council of the People's Republic of China, responsible for social and administrative affairs. It was founded in May 1978, and the current Minister is Tang Dengjie. Its precedent was the Mini ...

and over a period of 25 years worked his way up to the position of Vice-Minister. In August 2012 he became the vice-governor of Shandong, a position he held until September 2014. Then he was transferred to

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

, a province rich in coal resources, he was a Standing Committee of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee and director of its United Front Work Department. He was promoted to vice-governor of Shanxi in November 2016, but having held the position for only three months, he was transferred back to

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

and appointed the vice-minister of

again, but soon he was transferred to another post as vice-minister of

Ministry of Land and Resources The Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) of the People's Republic of China is a dissolved ministry under the jurisdiction of the State Council of China. It was formally responsible for the regulation, management, preservation and exploitation o ...

. On March 19, 2018, he was confirmed as the inaugural Minister of Veterans Affairs at the first session of the

13th National People's Congress The 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and will be in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It is scheduled to hold five sessions in this period, occurri ...

. On 30 April 2022, he was appointed party secretary of Inner Mongolia, the top political position in the region.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Shaocheng 1960 births Politicians from Yantai Living people Shandong University alumni Peking University alumni Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni PLA National Defence University alumni Political office-holders in Inner Mongolia People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party People from Haiyang