Wu Zhenglong

Wu Zhenglong (Chinese: 吴政隆; born November 1964) is a Chinese politician and who is currently a state councilor and the secretary-general of the State Council. Previously, he was the Governor of Jiangsu and also served as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Nanjing and Jiangsu. Born in Jiangsu, Wu served in Chongqing, then Shanxi, earlier in his career, before being transferred back to his home province, where he experienced a series of rapid promotions.

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Wu Zhenglong
吴政隆
State Councilor of China
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 March 2023 Serving with Wang Xiaohong and Shen Yiqin
Premier	Li Qiang
14th Secretary-General of the State Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 March 2023
Premier	Li Qiang
Preceded by	Xiao Jie
Party Secretary of Jiangsu
In office 18 October 2021 – 28 December 2022
Deputy	Xu Kunlin (Governor)
Preceded by	Lou Qinjian
Succeeded by	Xin Changxing
Chairman of Jiangsu People's Congress
In office 23 January 2022 – January 2023
Preceded by	Lou Qinjian
Succeeded by	Xin Changxing
Governor of Jiangsu
In office 31 May 2017 – 19 October 2021
Preceded by	Shi Taifeng
Succeeded by	Xu Kunlin
Party Secretary of Nanjing
In office October 2016 – May 2017
Preceded by	Huang Lixin
Succeeded by	Zhang Jinghua
Party Secretary of Taiyuan
In office September 2014 – October 2016
Preceded by	Chen Chuanping
Succeeded by	Wang Weizhong
Personal details
Born	November 1964 (age 60) Gaochun County, Jiangsu
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Taiyuan Machinery College
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	吴政隆
Traditional Chinese	吳政隆
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Zhènglóng
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wú Zhènglóng
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Wu was born in Gaochun County, Jiangsu province. He graduated in 1984 from the Taiyuan Mechanical College (later renamed North University of China), where he studied machinery and equipment manufacturing, and worked in the military supply and industry ministry, before being transferred to the National Planning Commission to work as a political secretary. In 1999 he became deputy secretary-general of the Chongqing municipal government shortly after it became a direct-controlled municipality; he was then named deputy governor of Wanzhou District, then governor, then the party chief. Considered a "political survivor" in Chongqing, Wu served in the administration of then Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai, who was ousted in 2012. In May 2013 Wu was named secretary-general of the party committee, and a member of the CCP provincial standing committee of Chongqing.^[1]

In 2014, Chen Chuanping was abruptly removed from office as party chief of Taiyuan as part of a corruption probe. Wu was 'parachuted' in as the new party chief of Taiyuan in August 2014; he also earned an ex officio seat on the provincial party standing committee. Wu served in Shanxi for two years, before being transferred back to his home province of Jiangsu to take on the post of deputy party chief and party chief of the provincial capital Nanjing, a clear promotion and indication that he was being groomed to higher office. In May 2017, Wu was appointed acting Governor of Jiangsu.^[2] On 18 October 2021, he was promoted to Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Jiangsu, the top political position in province.^[3]

Wu was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress, elected in 2008. Wu was an alternate of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a full member of the 19th Central Committee.^[4]