Wang Dawei
王大伟
Vice Governor of Liaoning
In office
24 February 2017 – 1 March 2022
GovernorChen Qiufa
Tang Yijun
Liu Ning
Li Lecheng
Head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department
In office
29 March 2013 – 1 March 2022
Preceded byXue Heng
Succeeded byTBA
Personal details
BornApril 1964 (age 59)
Wangkui County, Heilongjiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materNortheast Forestry University
Harbin Institute of Technology
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese王大伟
Traditional Chinese王大偉

Wang Dawei (Chinese: 王大伟; born April 1964) is a former Chinese politician who served as vice governor of Liaoning from 2017 to 2022.[1] He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in March 2022.[1]

Early life and education

Wang was born in Wangkui County, Heilongjiang, in April 1964.[2] In 1983, he was accepted to Northeast Forestry University, majoring in logging engineering.[2]

Career

Wang joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1984.[2] In 1990, he worked in the State Forestry Investment Corporation after university.[2] In January 1992, he was assigned to the State Economic and Trade Commission (now National Development and Reform Commission), where he worked until 1998.[2] In September 1998, he became deputy director of Marketing Department of China Unicom, and three months later, he was despatched to the China Development Research Foundation [zh].[2]

In June 2001, he was transferred to his home-province Heilongjiang and appointed vice mayor of Harbin, capital of the province.[2] He was appointed secretary of the Harbin Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission in January 2007 and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Harbin Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.[2] In August 2009, he was made deputy head of Heilongjiang Provincial Public Security Department.[2]

In March 2013, he was promoted to become head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department, concurrently serving as vice governor of Liaoning since February 2017.[3][4]

Downfall

On 1 March 2022, Wang was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[5] He is the fourth head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department and the eleventh police chief in China caught since the crackdown was launched in 2012, after Li Feng [zh], Li Wenxi and Xue Heng.[5][6] [7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Police chief of northeast China's Liaoning under investigation". xinhuanet.com. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Liu Guangbo (刘光博) (1 March 2022). 辽宁省副省长、省公安厅厅长王大伟被查. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ Yin Yanhong (尹彦宏) (11 April 2013). 王大伟任辽宁省长助理 接替薛恒兼任公安厅长(图/简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ^ Liu Tong (刘桐) (24 February 2017). 王大伟任辽宁省副省长，谭作钧不再担任副省长职务. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b Feng Huamei (冯华妹) (1 March 2022). 王大伟被查 十九大后公安系统11名高官落马. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Former provincial political advisor under investigation". xinhuanet.com. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Former provincial political advisor under investigation". xinhuanet.com. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
Government offices Preceded byXue Heng Head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department 2013–2022 Succeeded byTBA
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