Zhuge Yujie (; born May 1971), is a Chinese politician, and the current

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of Hubei. Having spent his entire career in

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, Zhuge has served variously in state-owned enterprises supporting the

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and local leadership roles. Zhuge has been described as a key member of the " 7th Generation" of Chinese leadership, and has been speculated to be a potential future successor to

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of China.

Biography

Zhuge Yujie was born in Shanghai. He began work in August 1992, and 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 June 1992. He began work as part of the technical staff of a construction company operating at the

; he rose through the ranks to take on administrative roles. In July 1999, he was named CCP Committee Secretary and general manager of the Shanghai Port Industry Company (上海港务工程公司). In November 2005, he became chief executive of the Shanghai Yangshan Tongsheng Port Construction Company. In February 2009, he was named deputy governor of

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. In February 2011, he became the president and deputy party chief of the Shanghai International Port Holdings Co. In April 2013, Zhuge was named Governor of

Yangpu District Yangpu () is one of the 16 districts of Shanghai. It is located in the northeastern part of downtown Shanghai, bordering the Huangpu River on the east and south, Hongkou on the west, and Baoshan on the north. The southern part of Yangpu Dist ...

. In January 2015, he assumed the post of the party chief of Yangpu District. In July 2016, he was named chief of the general office of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CCP, and deputy secretary-general. In March 2017, he was named a member of the Shanghai municipal party standing committee after being promoted to secretary-general, taking on the post vacated by

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. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest person with a seat on a provincial level standing committee. In March 2023, Zhuge was transferred to Hubei to serve as a CCP Deputy Committee Secretary of Hubei.

References

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