Peng Jinhui (; born December 1964) is a Chinese engineer,

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and politician currently serving as a deputy head of the

Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the human resource management department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that c ...

. Previously, he served as heads of the Organization Department of both the

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 ...

and Chongqing Committees of the CCP. He was president of

Yunnan Minzu University Yunnan Minzu University (YMU; ) is a provincial public university in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is affiliated with the Yunnan Provincial People's Government. History Established on August 1, 1951, the university was founded in part to instruct gov ...

between 2013 and 2016 and president of Kunming University of Science and Technology between 2016 and 2018. He is of Yi ethnicity. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the CCP.

Biography

Peng was born in

Jingdong Yi Autonomous County Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (; ) is an autonomous county in southern Yunnan, Yunnan Province, China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pu'er City, Pu'er. Jingdong borders Nanhua County, Chuxiong City an ...

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

, in December 1964. He received his M.S. and a PhD degree in metallurgy from Kunming University of Science and Technology. After graduating, he taught at the university. 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 July 1989. He carried out postdoctoral research at

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; ) is both a German public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and a research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 when the University of Karlsruhe (), founde ...

from 1994 to 1996 and

Brunel University London Brunel University of London (BUL) is a Public university, public Research universities, research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a Victorian era, Victorian engineer and pione ...

from 1999 to 2000. His career transitioned from research to administration when he was appointed as vice-president of Kunming University of Science and Technology in January 2014. In September 2013 he was promoted again to become president of

. In February 2016, he was transferred back to Kunming University of Science and Technology and appointed the president. He began his political career in 2018, when he was appointed vice-governor of Hainan in January. He concurrently served as CCP Committee Secretary of

Yangpu Economic Development Zone Yángpǔ Economic Development Zone is an area of the Yangpu Peninsula, Hainan province, China. This zone, covering , p 67 contains a port, oil refinery, petroleum commercial reserve base, power station, and the town of Yangpu. The area, Hainan's ...

. In October 2018 he succeeded as head of Organization Department of the CCP Hainan Committee. On December 9, 2020, he was transferred to

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

and appointed head of Organization Department of the CCP Chongqing Committee, replacing

Hu Wenrong Hu Wenrong (; born July 1964) is a Chinese politician currently serving as head of the Organization Department of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was an alternate of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese ...

Honours and awards

* November 2017 Member of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences a ...

(CAE)

References

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