Mao Chaofeng (; born December 1965) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2015 as the executive vice governor of

Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...

province. He was born in

Zhecheng County Zhecheng County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shangqiu, in the east of Henan province, People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia ...

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

province. 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 1986. He graduated from the Beijing Meteorological Institute (later merged into

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology The Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST; ) is a provincial public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leadi ...

), where he studied weather forecasting. He worked in his earlier career for the

Civil Aviation Authority of China The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the civil aviation authority of the People's Republic of China, under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents. As the avi ...

. Then he served as mayor of

Jiaozuo Jiaozuo ( zh, s= , p=Jiāozuò ; postal: Tsiaotso) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Henan province, China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to th ...

, then party chief of

Zhoukou Zhoukou ( zh, s=周口 , p=Zhōukǒu, w=Chou-k’ou; Postal romanization, postal: Chowkow) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province of China, province, China. It borders Zhumadian to the southwest, Xuchang and Luohe to the west, Ka ...

. In October 2011 he was named a member of the

provincial Party Standing Committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I ...

of Henan province, entering sub-provincial ranks at age 45; in February 2012 Mao assumed the office of the director of the provincial Political and Legal Affairs commission. In January 2013, he was transferred to become head of the Political and Legal Affairs commission in

province. In January 2015, he was named executive vice governor of Hainan. Mao 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 ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mao, Chaofeng Living people Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology alumni 1965 births People from Shangqiu Alternates of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party