Ye Jianchun
叶建春
Governor of Jiangxi
Assumed office
21 October 2021
Party SecretaryYi Lianhong
Yin Hong
Preceded byYi Lianhong
Personal details
BornJuly 1965 (age 58)
Zhouning County, Fujian, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materHohai University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese叶建春
Traditional Chinese葉建春

Ye Jianchun (Chinese: 叶建春; born July 1965) is a Chinese engineer and politician who is the current governor of Jiangxi, in office since 21 October 2021. Previously he served as vice minister of Emergency Management and vice minister of Water Resources.

Biography

Ye was born in Zhouning County, Fujian, in July 1965. In 1980, he enrolled in East China Water Conservancy Institute (now Hohai University), majoring in water conservancy and hydropower engineering construction, where he graduated in 1984.

In August 1984, he was appointed as an official in Shanghai Survey, Design and Research Institute and over a period of 19 years worked his way up to the position of president. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1985.

Beginning in June 2005, he served in several posts in the Ministry of Water Resources, including director of Taihu Lake Basin Authority (2005–2016), director of Finance Division (2016–2017), and vice minister (2017–2021). He also served as secretary-general of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters from 2017 to 2020 and vice minister of Emergency Management from 2018 to 2020.

In February 2021, he was transferred to central China's Jiangxi province and appointed deputy party secretary.[1] In October 2021, he took office as party branch secretary of Jiangxi, becoming the youngest head of the provincial administrative region government in China.[2][3] On October 21, he was made acting governor of Jiangxi.[4]

References

  1. ^ Bai Jiayi (白嘉懿) (19 February 2021). 中共中央批准：叶建春同志任江西省委副书记. Chinanews.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. ^ Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (19 October 2021). 江西省委副书记叶建春已任省政府党组书记. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ Meng Yaxu (孟亚旭) (20 October 2021). 叶建春成全国最年轻的省级政府一把手. stnn.cc (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  4. ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (21 October 2021). 叶建春任江西省代省长. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
Party political offices Preceded byLi Bingjun Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi 2021 Succeeded byWu Zhongqiong [zh] Government offices Preceded byLiu Ning Secretary-General of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters 2017–2020 Succeeded byZhou Xuewen [zh] Preceded byYi Lianhong Governor of Jiangxi 2021–present Incumbent
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