Han Liming (; born September 1964) is a Chinese politician who has been the
Party Secretary of Nanjing
The secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ...
, the top political position in the city, since June 2021.
She was a delegate to the
11th National People's Congress and is a delegate to the
13th National People's Congress.
Early life and education
Han was born in
Changzhou
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,
Jiangsu
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, in September 1964. She graduated from Zhenjiang Normal School as well as Zhenjiang Shipbuilding College. She began graduate work at
Southeast University in 1997 and the Party School of the
Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 2001.
Career
Han entered the workforce in August 1984, and joined the
Chinese Communist Party
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(CCP) in April 1986. She was promoted to be
Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary
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of
Zhonglou District in April 2002, and soon assigned to the similar position in
Wujin District in December of that same year. She concurrently held the vice governor position there. She became CCP Deputy Committee Secretary and mayor of
Liyang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Changzhou, in December 2005, and then
CCP Committee Secretary, the top political position in the city, and also chairperson of Liyang Municipal People's Congress, beginning in January 2009.
She was appointed head of the Organization Department of CCP Nantong Municipal Committee in May 2011, concurrently serving as a member of the standing committee of the CCP Nantong Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. She served as executive vice mayor of
Nantong
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in June 2012, and promoted to the mayor position in January 2016.
She was promoted to be communist party secretary of
Taizhou, a neighboring city of Nantong, in April 2018, concurrently holding the chairperson of Taizhou Municipal People's Congress position since January 2019.
In September 2019, she was transferred to
Nanjing
Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400.
Situated in the Yang ...
, capital of Jiangsu province, and appointed deputy communist party secretary and director of Management Committee of Jiangbei New Area. She served as mayor from October 2019 to April 2021, and CCP Committee Secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in June 2021. In April 2021, she was promoted to member of the standing committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CCP, the province's top authority.
References
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1964 births
Living people
21st-century mayors of places in China
Mayors of Nanjing
Politicians from Nantong
Southeast University alumni
People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu
Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress
Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress