Jin Xiangjun (; born July 1964) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as governor of Shanxi province. He was the former

deputy party secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the deputy ...

of Tianjin from March 2022 to December of the same year. He was a delegate to the

11th National People's Congress The 11th National People's Congress () met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the 11t ...

. He was a representative of the

18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held November 8-15, 2012 at the Great Hall of the People. It was preceded by the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Due to term and age limits restrictions, seven o ...

and

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 ...

. He is a representative of the

20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), commonly referred to as ''Èrshí Dà'' (), opened in Beijing on 16 October 2022 and closed on 22 October 2022. The CCP Congress endorsed the membership list of the Central Commissi ...

and a member of the

20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was elected by the 20th National Congress in October 2022, and will sit until the next National Congress is convened in 2027. It formally succeeded the 19th Central Committee. The ...

Early life and education

Jin was born in

Jianghua County Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an autonomous county of Yao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City. Located ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

, in July 1964. In 1983, he entered Chengdu Institute of Telecommunication (now

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) is a national public research university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It was founded in 1956 instructed by the Premier Zhou Enlai. UESTC was established on the basis of the incorp ...

), where he majored in computer software. He also studied in the public administration advanced training course jointly run by the School of Public Administration of

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

and the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University in 2003. He received his doctor's degree in management from

Huazhong University of Science and Technology The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST; ) is a public research university located in Guanshan Subdistrict, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei province, China. As a national key university directly affiliated to the Ministry of E ...

in 2010.

Career

Jin 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 ...

(CCP) in November 1984. After University in 1990, he was assigned as an official to the

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Provincial Department of Science and Technology. Jin was transferred to

south China South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...

Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

province and appointed an official of the Hainan National Spark Demonstration Zone Management Committee in August 1992 and than the Hainan Airlines Tourism Development Co., Ltd. in March 1993. In December 1996, he became head of Fund Management Office of Hainan Social Security Bureau, but having held the position for only a year and a half. In September 1998, Jin was transferred to

southwest China Southwest China () is a region in the south of the People's Republic of China. Geography Southwest China is a rugged and mountainous region, transitioning between the Tibetan Plateau to the west and the Chinese coastal hills (东南丘陵) and ...

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ( ...

and appointed deputy head of the Labor Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which was reshuffled as Department of Labor and Social Security of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in April 2000. In October 2000, he became vice mayor of

Yulin Yulin may refer to the following places in China: Cities and prefectures *Yulin, Guangxi (玉林市), a prefecture-level city in Guangxi *Yulin, Shaanxi (榆林市), a prefecture-level city in Shaanxi * Yulin Prefecture (鬱林州), a prefecture b ...

, rising to mayor in May 2003. He was party secretary, the top political position in the city, in February 2009, in addition to serving as chairman of its People's Congress. In January 2014, he moved to

Fangchenggang Fangchenggang ( ''The port of Fangcheng'') is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The city was formerly called "Fangcheng Pan-Ethnicities Autonomous County" (25 December 1978 – ...

and held five positions, including party secretary, chairman of the People's Congress, secretary of the Working Committee of Dongxing National Key Development and Opening up Pilot Zone, honorary president of Fangchenggang Disabled Persons' Federation, and honorary president of Fangchenggang Red Cross Society. In January 2018, he was elevated to vice mayor of

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

, concurrently serving as director of the China (Tianjin) Pilot Free Trade Zone Management Committee since April 2019. He was appointed secretary-general of the CCP Tianjin Municipal Committee in January 2021 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Tianjin Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. He was chosen as

of Tianjin in March 2022. On 29 December 2022, he was transferred to

north China North China, or Huabei () is a List of regions of China, geographical region of China, consisting of the provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Part of the larger region of Northern China (''Beifang''), it lies north ...

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 ...

province and appointed as governor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jin, Xiangjun 1964 births Living people People from Jianghua Yao Autonomous County University of Electronic Science and Technology of China alumni Huazhong University of Science and Technology alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress