Wang Maolin (; born December 1934) is a Chinese politician. He was born in Qidong,

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 ...

. 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 1956. He was mayor (1982–1985) and Party Secretary (1985–1987) of

Taiyuan Taiyuan; Mandarin pronunciation: (Jin Chinese, Taiyuan Jin: /tʰai˦˥ ye˩˩/) is the capital of Shanxi, China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base foc ...

. He was Party Secretary (1991–1993) and CPPCC Committee Chairman (1993) of

Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

. He was

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 ...

(1993–1999) and People's Congress Chairman (1998) of

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

. Wang was the inaugural head of the 610 Office, in charge of suppressing Falun Gong.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Maolin 1934 births People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Chairpersons of the CPPCC Shanxi Provincial Committee Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Vice-governors of Shanxi Living people People from Qidong, Jiangsu Politicians from Nantong