Gao Xiang
高翔
Gao in August 2020
President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Assumed office
December 2022
Preceded byShi Taifeng
Director of the History Department, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Assumed office
January 2019
Preceded byNew title
Personal details
BornOctober 1963 (age 60)
Nanbu County, Sichuan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materRenmin University of China

Gao Xiang (Chinese: 高翔; pinyin: Gāo Xiáng; born October 1963) is a Chinese historian and politician, currently serving as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and president of the Chinese Academy of History.

He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2]

Biography

Gao was born in Nanbu County, Sichuan, in October 1963, and graduated from the Renmin University of China.[3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1994.[3] He taught at the Renmin University of China before being assigned to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in November 1996.[3] In July 2012, he became deputy secretary-general, rising to secretary-general the next year.[3]

In March 2016, he was appointed head of Publicity Department of the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[3] He also served as chairman of the Fujian Federation of Social Sciences.[3]

He was appointed deputy director of the Office of the Central Network Security and Informatization Commission in December 2017, concurrently serving as deputy director of the State Internet Information Office.[3]

In November 2018, he was recalled to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) as vice president, in addition to serving as president of the Chinese Academy of History since January 2019.[3][4] He was appointed CCP committee secretary and president of CASS in late 2022.[5]

Publications

References

  1. ^ Fu Zhongming (符仲明) (25 September 2022). 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ Zhao Wenhan (赵文涵) (22 October 2022). （二十大受权发布）中国共产党第二十届中央委员会委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Yi Yi (伊一) (16 April 2016). 高翔任中国社会科学院党组副书记(图/简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  4. ^ Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (12 April 2021). 高翔已任中国社科院副院长、党组副书记（正部长级）. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  5. ^ Yu, Verna (16 January 2023). "History revisited: what the isolationist Qing dynasty tells us about Xi Jinping's China". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
Party political offices Preceded byLi Shulei Head of Publicity Department of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2016–2017 Succeeded byLiang Jianyong [zh] Academic offices New title President of the Chinese Academy of History 2021– Incumbent Preceded byWang Jingqing [zh] Executive Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 2021– Incumbent
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