Yu Hongqiu (; born October 1960) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2021 as vice chairperson of the

National Supervisory Commission The National Supervisory Commission is the highest supervisory and anti-corruption authority of the People's Republic of China. Formed in 2018 by an 2018 amendment to the Constitution of China, amendment to the Constitution of China, Constitut ...

and

deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection () is the deputy to the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also tra ...

. He previously served as chairperson of

All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives The All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives ( zh, s=中华全国供销合作总社) is a joint organization of the national supply and marketing Cooperatives of China, led by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, ...

, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Henan Provincial Committee and

Deputy Communist Party Secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the depu ...

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

. She served in her early career at the All China Federation of Trade Unions. In 2016, she became discipline group leader at the

Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the human resource management department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that c ...

Career

Yu is considered native to

Laizhou Laizhou, Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Laichow, is a county-level city in the Prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong, Shandong Province, China. As of 2008, Laizhou had a population of 902,000, out of ...

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

province. A graduate of

Jilin University Jilin University (JLU) is a public university in the city of Changchun, Jilin, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. History Founded ...

, she has a bachelor's in political economics and a master's degree in Economics. After graduating from university, she was an instructor at the China Gongyun School (). She then joined the

Communist Youth League The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC; also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League or CYL) is a people's organization of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, r ...

at the All China Federation of Trade Unions. In July 1990, she became a party functionary at the national leadership of the China Petrochemical Trade Union, where she rose steadily through the ranks. After 2000, she began overseeing development and business expansion, then asset supervision. In October 2010, Yu was dispatched to

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, to serve as deputy party chief of

Guiyang Guiyang; Mandarin pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively as Kweiyang is the capital of Guizhou, Guizhou province in China. It is centrally located within the province, on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, eastern part of the Yun ...

, the provincial capital. In February 2011, she was named party chief of

Zunyi Zunyi ( zh, s=遵义 , t=遵義 , p=Zūnyì) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, situated between the provincial capital Guiyang to the south and Chongqing to the north, also bordering Sichuan to t ...

city. In April 2012, she entered the Guizhou

provincial party standing committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I ...

, then in July was named head of the provincial propaganda department. In October 2013, she became a secretary of the national secretariat of the

All-China Women's Federation The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) is a women's rights people's organization established in China on 24 March 1949. It was originally called the All-China Democratic Women's Foundation, and was renamed the All-China Women's Federation in 195 ...

. In March 2015, Yu was named disciplinary group of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party. In July 2018, Yu was named deputy party chief of

and head of the provincial political and legal affairs commission. In November 2019, Yu succeeded

Liu Shiyu Liu Shiyu (; born November 1961) is a Chinese banker and former public official. He was best known for his term as head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission between 2016 and 2018. Liu previously served as President of the Agricultural Ban ...

as chairperson of

. In January 2021, Yu was chosen as

, in addition to serving as vice chairperson of the

References

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