Jiang Yikang (; born 9 January 1953) is a Chinese politician. He served for nearly ten years as the

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

between 2008 and 2017. A soldier in his youth, Jiang rose through the ranks through his work in the

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. He also served as the deputy party chief of Chongqing and the party secretary of the

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Biography

Jiang was born in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province. He joined the military in 1969, serving in the far northwestern region of Xinjiang, and joined the Communist Party in December 1970. In 1974, he was sent back to his home province, and assigned a job as a worker in a mechanical factory. In 1975 he joined the propaganda department of the city of

Jinan Jinan is the capital of the province of Shandong in East China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is one of the largest cities in Shandong in terms of population. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of ...

, thereby beginning his political career. In 1981, he briefly attended

Shandong Normal University Shandong Normal University (, English acronym SDNU) is a university in Jinan City, Shandong Province, China. It is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning established in Shandong Province since the founding of the People's Republic o ...

in a cadres-training class. In December 1982, Jiang joined the Jinan municipal party committee, working for its research office and as an office secretary. In 1985 he was selected to work for the

, the party's central administrative organ, where Jiang would serve under four chiefs -

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, and

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. In July 1995 he was elevated to deputy director of the General Office (vice-minister rank), and the head of the department of administration for organizations directly subordinate to the Central Committee. In October 2002, shortly before the

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, Jiang was transferred to Chongqing to serve as deputy party chief in the interior municipality. In May 2005, he was named the head of the commission for migrant re-settlement as part of the

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project. In June 2006, he was again transferred to Beijing to serve as the executive vice president and Party Group Secretary of the National School of Administration (minister-level). In March 2008, he was named Party Secretary of Shandong. In the lead-up to the 18th Party Congress, there was initial speculation that Jiang would be named head of the Organization Department and enter the Politburo; however he ultimately remained in Shandong. He left the post in April 2017 and became a vice-chair on the

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; at the time, Jiang was the longest serving provincial-level party chief in the country, and one of the few provincial party chiefs to be serving in their native province (see also

Han Zheng Han Zheng (; born April 1954) is a Chinese politician who since 2023 has served as the 11th Vice President of China, vice president of China. He previously served as the Vice Premier of China, first-ranking vice premier of China between 2018 and ...

). He was an alternate of the

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, and a full member of the 17th and 18th Central Committees. He was also a member of the 9th

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and a deputy to the 10th

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References

External links

Jiang Yikang's profile at www.gov.cn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Yikang Living people 1953 births Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress from Chongqing Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Politicians from Yantai Political office-holders in Shandong Members of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Alternates of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party