Fang Hongwei (Chinese: 方红卫; born June 1966) is a Chinese executive and politician, currently serving as party secretary of Xi'an, in office since November 2021.

Fang Hongwei
方红卫
Communist Party Secretary of Xi'an
Assumed office
7 November 2021
DeputyLi Mingyuan
Ye Niuping [zh] (mayor)
Preceded byWang Hao
Personal details
BornJune 1966 (age 58)
Fuping County, Shaanxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materTsinghua University
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Chang'an University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFāng Hóngwèi

He was a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress. He is an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Early life and education

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Fang was born in Fuping County, Shaanxi, in June 1966, the year the Cultural Revolution broke out.[2] Fang is family name, and "Hongwei" (红卫) meaning the Red Guards. In 1984, he enrolled at Tsinghua University, where he majored in automobiles.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1987 during his junior year.[2]

Career

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After University in 1989, he joined the Shaanxi Automobile Manufacturing Plant (later was reshuffled as the Shaanxi Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (陕西汽车集团有限责任公司)).[2] There, he was in turn an intern, the chief of the Experimental Technology Department of the Automotive Research Institute, a factory deputy director and general manager of the Sales Company, the executive deputy director, the general manager, and finally the chairman and party secretary.[2] He also served as chairman and party secretary of the head office Shaanxi Automobile Group (陕西汽车控股集团有限公司) between October 2012 and April 2015.[2]

Fang He got involved in politics in April 2015, when he was appointed vice mayor of Baoji and was admitted to member of the CCP Baoji Municipal Committee, the prefecture-level city's top authority.[2] He was assigned to the similar position in Weinan in July 2016.[2] In January 2017, he became mayor and deputy party secretary of Hanzhong, rising to party secretary in July 2020.[2] In May 2021 he became secretary-general of the CCP Shaanxi Provincial Committee and was admitted to member of the CCP Shaanxi Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[3] In November 2021, he was chosen as party secretary of the capital city Xi'an.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Xue Tao (薛涛) (22 October 2022). (二十大受权发布)中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (15 July 2020). 方红卫任汉中市委书记 王建军不再担任(图/简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (26 May 2021). 方红卫任陕西省委秘书长(图/简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (7 November 2021). 方红卫任西安市委书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
Business positions
Preceded by
Zhang Yupu
Chairman of Shaanxi Automobile Group
2008–2015
Succeeded by
Yuan Hongming
Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of Hanzhong
2017–2021
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Hanzhong
2017–2021
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary-General of Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
2021
Succeeded by
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Xi'an
2021–present
Incumbent