Cheng Yongwen (Simplified Chinese: 程用文; born in July 1965), is a Chinese politician who is currently the Mayor of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government since 1 February 2021.[1]

Cheng Yongwen
程用文
Mayor of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government
Assumed office
1 February 2021
Preceded byZhou Xianwang
Deputy Mayor of Wuhan
In office
February 2017 – March 2018
Personal details
BornJuly 1965 (age 59)
Yangxin County, Hubei, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party

Early life and education

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Cheng Yongwen was born in July 1965. In September 1982, he entered the Xianning District Finance and Trade School to study corporate financial management.[citation needed]

Career

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After graduation in August 1984, he started working in the Xianning District Planning Committee.[2]

He joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1989.[citation needed]

In December 2016, Cheng Yongwen was transferred to a member of the Party Leadership Group of Wuhan Municipal Government. In February 2017, he was appointed deputy mayor. In May of the same year, he was promoted to a member of the Standing Committee of the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee and concurrently served as secretary of the Party Working Committee of the East Lake New Technology Development Zone.[1]

In March 2018, Cheng Yongwen was transferred to Party Secretary and Director of the Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission. On 22 January 2021, the Standing Committee of the 14th Wuhan Municipal People's Congress held its 35th meeting and appointed Cheng Yongwen as deputy mayor, and as acting mayor of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government, replacing Zhou Xianwang who resigned.[3]

On February 1, the sixth session of the 14th Wuhan Municipal People's Congress by-elected Cheng Yongwen as mayor of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b 余蕊均; 杨欢 (2021-01-23). "程用文重返武汉任代市长,曾明确提出建设"世界光谷"战略目标". 澎湃新闻. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  2. ^ "程用文任武汉市人民政府副市长、代理市长". 人民网. 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. ^ "程用文任武汉市代市长 周先旺已调湖北省政协任职". 腾讯. 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  4. ^ "程用文当选武汉市市长(图/简历)--组织人事-中国共产党新闻网". renshi.people.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-02-03.