Ye Jianchun (; born July 1965) is a Chinese engineer and politician who is the current

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

, in office since 21 October 2021. Previously he served as vice minister of Emergency Management and vice minister of Water Resources.

Biography

Ye was born in Zhouning County,

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern 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 capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

, in July 1965. In 1980, he enrolled in East China Water Conservancy Institute (now Hohai University), majoring in water conservancy and hydropower engineering construction, where he graduated in 1984. In August 1984, he was appointed as an official in Shanghai Survey, Design and Research Institute and over a period of 19 years worked his way up to the position of president. 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 ...

(CCP) in December 1985. Beginning in June 2005, he served in several posts in the Ministry of Water Resources, including director of Taihu Lake Basin Authority (2005–2016), director of Finance Division (2016–2017), and vice minister (2017–2021). He also served as secretary-general of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters from 2017 to 2020 and vice minister of Emergency Management from 2018 to 2020. In February 2021, he was transferred to

central China Central China () is a List of regions of China, region in China. It mainly includes the provinces of China, provinces of Henan, Hubei and Hunan. Jiangxi is sometimes also regarded to be part of this region. Central China is now officially par ...

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province and appointed deputy party secretary. In October 2021, he took office as party branch secretary of Jiangxi, becoming the youngest head of the provincial administrative region government in China. On October 21, he was made acting

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ye, Jianchun 1965 births Living people People from Zhouning County Hohai University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Fujian Chinese Communist Party politicians from Fujian Governors of Jiangxi Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party