Xu Kunlin (; born May 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the current

governor of Jiangsu The politics of Jiangsu Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Jiangsu is the highest-ranking official in the People's Gove ...

, in office since 19 October 2021. Previously he served as party secretary of a major city, of

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trad ...

, the largest city in Jiangsu.

Biography

Xu was born in

Yongchun County Yongchun (; Min Nan: Éng-chhun; lit. 'eternal spring') is a county in western Quanzhou city of southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, located on the upper reaches of the Jin River. It is under the administration of Quanzhou City. ...

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its c ...

, in May 1965. In 1980, he enrolled in Hangzhou Institute of Commerce (now Zhejiang Gongshang University), majoring in planning statistics, where he graduated in 1984. After university, in August 1984, he was despatched to State Administration of commodity Prices (now

National Development and Reform Commission The National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China (NDRC), formerly State Planning Commission and State Development Planning Commission, is a macroeconomic management agency under the State Council, which has b ...

), where he worked successively as director of the Department of Price Supervision, director of the Department of Fixed Assets Investment, and deputy secretary-general. In March 2017, he took office of vice mayor of

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, one of the four

direct-administered municipalities A direct-administered municipality (; commonly known as municipality) is a city of China that is directly affiliated with the central government and is not placed under any provinces. There are four municipalities in China: Beijing, Tianjin, ...

of China and one of China's economic centers. In September 2020, he was transferred to the neighboring

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

province and appointed party secretary of

, the top political position in the capital city. And he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. On 19 October 2021, he was promoted to acting

, replacing

Wu Zhenglong Wu Zhenglong (; born November 1964) is a Chinese politician and current Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu. Previously, he was Governor of Jiangsu and Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing. Born in Jiangsu, Wu served in Chongqing, then Shanxi, ...

References

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