Zhao Yongqing (; born April 1963) is a Chinese politician, serving as chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 2023. Zhao was a representative of the

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics Nineteen is the eighth prime number. Number theory 19 forms a twin prime with 17, a cousin prime with 23, and a sexy prime with 13 ...

. He is a member of the 14th National Committee of the

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Early life and education

Zhao was born in

Linqu County Linqu County () is a county, originally known as "Pianyi", located in the southwest of Weifang and the middle of Shandong Peninsula, Shandong Province, China. Linqu also has the name Zhuxu County. It covers an area of and governs 937 villages whic ...

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 ...

, in April 1963. In 1980, he entered Changwei Normal School, where he majored in Chinese language and literature. After graduating in 1982, he taught at Anqiu County No.4 High School. He obtained his master's degree in

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from

Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU, zh, s=南京农业大学, p=Nánjīng Nóngyè Dàxué) is a public university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Educatio ...

in 2010.

Career

Career in Shandong

Zhao got involved in politics in September 1987, when he was named a standing committee member of

Changle County Changle County () is under the administration of Weifang, in 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 th ...

Federation of Trade Unions and head of its Production Protection Department. He joined the

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(CCP) in January 1989. He was transferred to the CCP Changle County Committee in February 1992, where he finally became deputy magistrate in January 1998. In January 2003, he was made vice mayor of

Zhucheng Zhucheng () is a county-level city in the southeast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Weifang city and had at the 2010 census a population of 1,086,222 even though its built-up (''or metro'') area ...

, but having held the position for only a year.

Career in Ningxia

In May 2004, Zhao was transferred to

northwest China Northwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid continental climate. ...

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous ...

and appointed deputy director of the Land and Resources Department. He was chosen as executive vice mayor of Wuzhong and was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Wuzhong Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. He had also briefly served as secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission from December 2011 to February 2012 and party branch secretary of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Forestry Bureau from February 2012 to January 2013. 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, inJanuary 2013. He concurrently served as chairman of the People's Congress between February 2013 to January 2017. In January 2017, he was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee, the region's top authority. He also served as head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee and secretary-general of the CCP Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee. In June 2021, he was elevated to executive vice chairman of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in addition to serving as vice chairman of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the

since January 2022.

Career in Guizhou

In January 2023, Zhao assumed the position of chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhao, Yongqing 1963 births Living people People from Linqu County Nanjing Agricultural University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chairpersons of the CPPCC Guizhou Provincial Committee