Mao Weiming (, born May 1961) is a Chinese politician. He has been the acting

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

since November 2020 Mao was a delegate to the 11th,

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and

13th National People's Congress The 13th National People's Congress (NPC) was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and was in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It held five sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year until before 202 ...

. He was an alternate of the

19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 19th National Congress in 2017, and sat until the next National Congress was convened in 2022. It formally succeeded the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Commun ...

and is a member of the

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Biography

Mao was born in

Quzhou Quzhou is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the upper course of the Qiantang River, it borders Hangzhou to the north, Jinhua to the east, Lishui to the southeast, and the provinces of F ...

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. He graduated from

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a public university, public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and D ...

in 1982, majoring

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

. In September 1985, 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 ...

(CCP). He had been served as the Secretary-General of

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

(2013), the Deputy

Minister of Industry and Information Technology The minister of industry and information technology of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Counci ...

(2013–2015), the Executive Deputy Governor of

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(2015–January 2020), and Chairman of the

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(January–November 2020). In November 2020, Mao was named the Deputy Party Secretary and acting Governor of Hunan.

References

1961 births Living people Zhejiang University alumni Politicians from Quzhou Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Governors of Hunan Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress Alternates of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party {{China-politician-stub