Ren Zhenhe (, born February 1964) is a Chinese politician of Tujia ethnicity, serving since December 2020 as the

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

Biography

Ren Zhenhe was born in Hefeng County, Hubei. In 1984, 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 ...

. He graduated from Huazhong Institute of Technology (present-day

Huazhong University of Science and Technology The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST; ) is a public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First-Cl ...

) with a bachelor's degree in 1988, majoring in technical economics. He had been served as the Vice Magistrate of Hefeng County (1993–1996), Deputy Party Secretary of Hefeng County (1996), Deputy Party Secretary of Lichuan (1996–1997), Mayor of Lichuan (1997–1998, acting: 1996–1997), Party Secretary of Lichuan (1998–2002), Deputy Governor of

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, c= , p=Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu) is located in the mountainous southwestern corner of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It forms Hubei's southwestern "panhandle", bordering ...

(2001–2003), Deputy Party Secretary of Enshi (2003–2006), Deputy Party Secretary of

Huanggang Huanggang is a prefecture-level city in easternmost Hubei, Hubei Province, China. It is situated to the north of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and is bounded in the north by the Dabie Mountains and is named after Mount Huanggang, Huang ...

(2006–2008), Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of

Xianning Xianning ( zh, s= , t=/ , p=Xiánníng) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the southeast and Hunan to the southwest. It is known as the "City of Osmanthus". Geography and c ...

(2008–2012), Party Secretary of Xianning (2012–2015), Deputy Governor of

Hubei Province Hubei is a province in Central China. It has the seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland provinces. Its provincial capital at Wuhan serves as a major politi ...

(2015–2016), Party Secretary of Xiangyang (2016–2017), Head of the Organization Department of

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(2017–2018), head of the Supervision Commission of Zhejiang (2019, acting: 2018–2019), head of the Zhejiang Commission for Discipline Inspection (2018–2019), and Deputy Party Secretary of

Jiangsu Province Jiangsu is a coastal 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 third smallest, but the fifth most populous, with a population of 84. ...

(2019– November 2020). In November 2020, Ren was appointed as the Deputy Party Secretary of

Gansu Province Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

. In December, Ren was named the acting Governor of Gansu. He was elected as the Governor in January 2021. Ren is a delegate to the

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 ...

References

1964 births Living people Tujia people People from Enshi Huazhong University of Science and Technology alumni Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei Governors of Gansu Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party {{China-politician-stub