Hao Peng (; born July 1960) is a Chinese politician and business executive, currently serving as the

Party Secretary of Liaoning The secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...

. He served as the

governor of Qinghai The governor of Qinghai, officially the Governor of the Qinghai Provincial People's Government, is the head of Qinghai Province and leader of the Qinghai Provincial People's Government. The governor is elected by the Qinghai Provincial People's ...

between 2013 and 2016, and prior to that, a vice chairman of

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...

. He additionally served as the chairman of the

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) is a special commission of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 2003 through the consolidation of various other indus ...

(SASAC) between 2019 and 2023.

Career

Education and industry

Hao Peng is a native of

Fengxiang County Fengxiang District (), formerly, Fengxiang County and its ancient name is Yong county (雍县), is a district administered by Baoji City in the west of Shaanxi province, China. The county covers an area of and as of 2004 had a population of 510, ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

province. He entered the work force in January 1976 as a

sent-down youth The sent-down, rusticated, or educated youth (), also known as the ''zhiqing'', were the young people who—beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural Revolution, willingly or under coercion—left the urban districts of the People' ...

in Weiyuan County,

Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

province. After the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

, in October 1978 Hao entered

Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU; ) is a public science and engineering university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985 ...

Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

, Shaanxi, majoring in aircraft manufacturing. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

in March 1982 and graduated in July 1982. After university Hao Peng joined the

Aviation Industry Corporation of China The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is a Chinese state-owned publicly-traded aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Beijing. AVIC is overseen by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the ...

, working at its

flight control system A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight. ...

factory in

Lanzhou Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu province in northwestern China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. His ...

, Gansu. He started as a technician, becoming the Director of the factory in 1994, a position he held for five years.

Government

In February 1999 Hao Peng began his government career, becoming the Deputy Director of the Economic and Trade Committee of Gansu province. In August 2000 he was appointed Vice Mayor of the provincial capital Lanzhou. Hao Peng was transferred to

in November 2003, where he was appointed Vice Chairman (governor). In 2006 he was promoted to Deputy

Communist Party Chief A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

and Executive Vice Chairman of Tibet. In March 2013 Hao Peng was transferred again, to become the Deputy Communist Party Chief and Acting Governor of neighbouring

Qinghai Qinghai is an inland Provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. It is the largest provinces of China, province of China (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is Xin ...

province. He succeeded the outgoing governor

Luo Huining Luo Huining (; born 5 October 1954) is a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party who was the director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong between 2020 and 2023. A native of Yiwu, Zhejiang, he was previous ...

, who had been appointed the provincial party chief. In April Hao was officially elected Governor by the Qinghai Provincial Congress. In December 2016, he was appointed as the CCP Secretary of the

. He was also appointed the Chairman of SASAC in May 2019. In November 2022 Hao Peng was transferred to become the

. On 3 February 2023, he was replaced by Zhang Yuzhuo as the chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Hao is an alternate of the

18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 18th National Congress on 15 November 2012, and sat in plenary sessions until the communing of the 19th National Congress in 2017. It was formally proceeded by the 17t ...

, and a full member of the 19th Central Committee.

References

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