Xu Xinrong
徐新荣
Chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Assumed office
January 2022
Preceded byHan Yong
Personal details
BornApril 1962 (age 61–62)
Qian County, Shaanxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Shaanxi Normal University
Peking University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese徐新荣
Traditional Chinese徐新榮

Xu Xinrong (Chinese: 徐新荣; born April 1962) is a Chinese politician and the current chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in office since January 2022. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Xu was born in Qian County, Shaanxi, in April 1962. He graduated from Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party and Shaanxi Normal University. He also received his MBA degree from the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.

He got involved in politics in August 1983, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1984. In January 1995, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Qindu District Committee, the district's top authority, and was appointed governor in November 1997. In June 2000, he was promoted to party secretary, the top political position in the district. In March 2004, he became deputy party secretary of Xianyang, but having held the position for only two years. In February 2008, he was named acting mayor of Weinan, succeeding Cao Lili [zh]. He was installed as mayor in March. In February 2013, he rose to become party secretary. It would be his first job as "first-in-charge" of a city. He concurrently served as chairman of Weinan People's Congress since February 2014. He was appointed party secretary of Yan'an in June 2015 and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Shaanxi Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[1] In January 2021, he was appointed head of the United Front Department of CCP Shaanxi Provincial Committee,[2] concurrently serving as chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since January 2022, the province's top political advisory body.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sun Dan (孙丹) (17 June 2015). 徐新荣接替姚引良任延安市委书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2022.((cite news)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (1 February 2021). 徐新荣任陕西省委统战部部长. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (6 January 2022). 候补中委、陕西统战部长徐新荣任省政协党组书记. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
Government offices Preceded byCao Lili [zh] Mayor of Weinan 2008–2013 Succeeded byXi Zhengping [zh] Party political offices Preceded byZhang Liyong [zh] Communist Party Secretary of Qindu District 2000–2004 Succeeded byLi Wenhua [zh] Preceded byZhuang Changxing [zh] Communist Party Secretary of Weinan 2013–2015 Succeeded byLu Zhiyuan Preceded byYao Yinliang [zh] Communist Party Secretary of Yan'an 2015–2021 Succeeded byZhao Gang Preceded byJiang Feng [zh] Head of the United Front Department of CCP Shaanxi Provincial Committee 2021–present Incumbent Assembly seats Preceded byHan Yong Chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 2022–present Incumbent
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