Wang Shucheng
汪恕诚
Minister of Water Resources
In office
4 November 1998 – 27 April 2007
PremierZhu Rongji
Wen Jiabao
Preceded byNiu Maosheng
Succeeded byChen Lei
Personal details
Born (1941-12-18) 18 December 1941 (age 82)
Liyang County, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materTsinghua University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese汪恕诚
Traditional Chinese汪恕誠

Wang Shucheng (Chinese: 汪恕诚; born 18 December 1941) is a Chinese politician who served as minister of Water Resources from 1998 to 2007. He was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress and a member of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Wang was born in Liyang County (now Liyang), Jiangsu, on 18 December 1941. In 1959, he entered Tsinghua University, where he studied alongside Hu Jintao.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1965.[1] Starting in April 1968, he successively served as deputy secretary of the CCP First Work Area Committee of the Sixth Engineering Bureau, deputy secretary of CCP Sixth Hydropower Engineering Bureau Committee, deputy secretary of the CCP Water Resources and Hydropower Construction Corporation Committee, deputy director of Hydropower Construction Bureau, and director of Water Resources and Hydropower Construction Bureau.[1] In May 1988, he became director of Hydropower Development Department of the Ministry of Energy, a post he kept until April 1993, when he was elevated to minister of Electric Power Industry.[2][3] He also served as deputy general manager of the State Power Corporation of China from January 1997 to October 1998.[1] He was chosen as minister of Water Resources in October 1998, and served until April 2007.[1] In March 2008, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee.

References

  1. ^ a b c d 水利部部长汪恕诚简历. sina (in Chinese). 5 March 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ^ Li Weimin (李维民), ed. (2006). 中国人物年鉴 2006 总第18卷 [Chinese People Yearbook 2006]. Beijing: Chinese People Yearbook Society. p. 47.
  3. ^ Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee; Party History Research Center of the CCP Central Committee, eds. (2004). 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典 1921–2003 [Dictionary of All Previous Central Committee Members of the Chinese Communist Party 1921–2003]. Beijing: CCP History Press. p. 717. ISBN 7-80136-946-7.
Government offices Preceded byNiu Maosheng Minister of Water Resources 1998–2007 Succeeded byChen Lei
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