Han Liming (Chinese: 韩立明; born September 1964) is a Chinese politician who has been communist party secretary of Nanjing, the top political position in the city, since June 2021.

Han Liming
韩立明
Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing
Assumed office
June 2021
DeputyXia Xinmin (mayor)
Preceded byZhang Jinghua
Mayor of Nanjing
In office
October 2019 – June 2021
Party SecretaryZhang Jinghua
Preceded byLan Shaomin
Succeeded byXia Xinmin
Personal details
BornSeptember 1964 (age 60)
Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materZhenjiang Normal School
Zhenjiang Shipbuilding College
Southeast University
Party School of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHán Lìmíng

She was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress and is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.[citation needed]

Early life and education

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Han was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu, in September 1964. She graduated from Zhenjiang Normal School as well as Zhenjiang Shipbuilding College. She began graduate work at Southeast University in 1997 and the Party School of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 2001.[citation needed]

Career

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Han entered the workforce in August 1984, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1986. She was promoted to be Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Zhonglou District in April 2002, and soon assigned to the similar position in Wujin District in December of that same year. She concurrently held the vice governor position there. She became CCP Deputy Committee Secretary and mayor of Liyang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Changzhou, in December 2005, and then CCP Committee Secretary, the top political position in the city, and also chairperson of Liyang Municipal People's Congress, beginning in January 2009.[citation needed]

She was appointed head of the Organization Department of CCP Nantong Municipal Committee in May 2011, concurrently serving as a member of the standing committee of the CCP Nantong Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. She served as executive vice mayor of Nantong in June 2012, and promoted to the mayor position in January 2016.[citation needed]

She was promoted to be communist party secretary of Taizhou, a neighboring city of Nantong, in April 2018, concurrently holding the chairperson of Taizhou Municipal People's Congress position since January 2019.[1]

In September 2019, she was transferred to Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, and appointed deputy communist party secretary and director of Management Committee of Jiangbei New Area. She served as mayor from October 2019 to April 2021,[2][3] and CCP Committee Secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in June 2021. In April 2021, she was promoted to member of the standing committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CCP, the province's top authority.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Yao Qian (姚茜) (20 April 2018). 韩立明任江苏省泰州市委书记(图/简历). people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Han Liming elected mayor of Nanjing". Xinhua. 12 January 2020. Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (25 October 2019). 韩立明任代市长 南京再迎女性高官. Caixin (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ Hou Chen (后晨) (8 April 2021). 韩立明、赵世勇任省委常委. zgjssw.gov.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of Nantong
2016–2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Nanjing
2019–2021
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Taizhou
2018–2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing
2021–present
Incumbent