Li Mingyuan (politician)
Li Mingyuan | |||||||
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李明远 | |||||||
| Mayor of Xi'an | |||||||
| Assumed office 18 February 2019 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Shangguan Jiqing | ||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Weinan | |||||||
| In office January 2018 – January 2019 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Lu Zhiyuan | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Wei Jianfeng | ||||||
| Mayor of Weinan | |||||||
| In office March 2015 – March 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Xi Zhengping | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Yi | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | 30 August 1965 Wuqi County, Shaanxi, China | ||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University Xidian University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李明遠 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李明远 | ||||||
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Li Mingyuan (Chinese: 李明远; born 30 August 1965) is a Chinese politician and the current deputy party chief and mayor of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi.[1]
Biography[edit]
Li was born in Wuqi County, Shaanxi, in 30 August 1965. After the resumption of College Entrance Examination, he graduated from Tsinghua University and Xidian University. After university, he was assigned to the Xi'an Huanghe Electrical and Mechanical Co., Ltd. and worked there for four years.
In June 1995 he joined the Xi'an Institute of Posts and Telecommunications as a teacher.
In 2001, at the age of 36, he made a crossover from education to politics. In May he became deputy head of Shaanxi Provincial Information Industry Department, three years later he was appointed deputy secretary-general of Shaanxi Provincial Government. In February 2013 he was head of Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department, and held that office until January 2015, when he was transferred to Weinan and appointed deputy party chief and acting mayor and then mayor there. On February 1, 2019, he was elected vice-mayor and acting mayor of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi, replacing Shangguan Jiqing, who took the fall for the failed eco-environmental renovation operation of Qinling.[2] He was installed as mayor of Xi'an on February 18.
References[edit]
- ^ 李明远履新记：流水的市长，书生的彷徨. hexun.com (in Chinese). 2019-02-02.
- ^ 市人大常委会决定李明远为西安市代理市长. xiancn.com (in Chinese). 2019-02-01.
External links[edit]
- Biography of Li Mingyuan on 163.com (in Chinese)