Xu Kunlin (Chinese: 许昆林; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Khun-lîm; born May 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the current governor of Jiangsu, in office since 19 October 2021. Previously he served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Suzhou, the largest city in Jiangsu.
Xu Kunlin | |||||||||||
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许昆林 | |||||||||||
 Xu in 2023 | |||||||||||
| Governor of Jiangsu | |||||||||||
| Assumed office 19 October 2021 | |||||||||||
| Party Secretary | Wu Zhenglong Xin Changxing | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Wu Zhenglong | ||||||||||
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| Born | May 1965 (age 59) Yongchun County, Fujian, China | ||||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Zhejiang Gongshang University | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 许昆林 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 許昆林 | ||||||||||
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Biography
editXu was born in Yongchun County, Fujian, in May 1965. In 1980, he enrolled in Hangzhou Institute of Commerce (now Zhejiang Gongshang University), majoring in planning statistics, where he graduated in 1984.[citation needed]
After university, in August 1984, he was dispatched to State Administration of commodity Prices (now National Development and Reform Commission), where he worked successively as director of the Department of Price Supervision, director of the Department of Fixed Assets Investment, and deputy secretary-general.[citation needed]
In March 2017, he took office of vice mayor of Shanghai, one of the four direct-administered municipalities of China and one of China's economic centers.[1]
In September 2020, he was transferred to the neighboring Jiangsu province and appointed party secretary of Suzhou, the top political position in the city.[2] And he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Jiangsu Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. On 19 October 2021, he was promoted to acting governor of Jiangsu, replacing Wu Zhenglong.[3]
References
edit- ^ 许昆林被任命为上海市副市长. thepaper (in Chinese). 31 March 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (29 September 2020). 上海市副市长许昆林出任江苏省委常委、苏州市委书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (19 October 2021). 空降地方四年半 许昆林代理江苏省长. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 October 2021.