Wang Xiaodong (Chinese: 王小东; born January 1962) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2015 as the Communist Party Secretary of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Previously he served as party chief of Beihai.
Biography
editWang was born in 1962 in Lingqiu County, Shanxi. He graduated from the Shijiazhuang Army College in its political department; he holds a master's degree in engineering. He joined the Communist Party in 1980. He then served in a series of military roles in the Beijing Military Region and the Beijing Mobilization District. Then he was transferred to the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, where he worked as a secretary and then as a supervision official.
In March 2005, Wang became the deputy party chief of Qinzhou, Guangxi. In April 2007 he was named deputy head of the Guangxi Organization Department. In February 2009 he was named party chief of Beihai. In December 2013 he was made a member of the Autonomous Region Party Standing Committee.[1]
On May 26, 2015, he was elevated to party chief of Nanning, replacing the disgraced Yu Yuanhui who had been investigated for corruption.[2]
References
edit- ^ "中国领导干部资料库：王小东". 中国共产党新闻网. May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ "王小东任南宁市委书记 创十八大后最快补位速度". 新京报. May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.