Wang Changsong ( zh, c=王常松, p=Wáng Chángsōng; born July 1962) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as chairman of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Wang was a representative of the 18th, 19th, and is a representative of the

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. He was a member of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and is a member of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th National Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

. He was a delegate to the 12th and

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Early life and education

Wang was born in Wuwei County, Anhui (now Wuwei), in July 1962. After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1979, he was accepted to

Anhui University Anhui University (AHU) is provincial public university in Hefei, Anhui, China. It is affiliated with the Anhui Provincial Government, and co-funded by the Anhui Provincial Government, the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education, a ...

, where he majored in

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. After graduation in 1983, he did his postgraduate work at

Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...

. He joined the

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(CCP) in September 1985.

Career

After university in 1986, Wang was despatched to the Laws and Regulations Department of the National Audit Office and over a period of 22 years worked his way up to the position of director. Wang was transferred to

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province in November 2010. He was

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of Songyuan, in addition to serving as mayor since January 2011. He rose to

party secretary In politics, a party secretary is a senior official within a political party with responsibility for the organizational and daily political work. In most parties, the party secretary is second in rank to the party leader (or party chairman). In s ...

, the top political position in the city, in May 2011. In January 2013, he was chosen as president of Jilin Provincial High People's Court, although he remained party secretary of Songyuan until March 2013. Wang was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee, the province's top authority, in June 2016, and appointed secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. He also served as director of the Heilongjiang Supervision Commission since January 2018. Wang was assigned to the similar position in

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province in March 2020. In January 2023, Wang took office as chairman of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.

References

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