Peng Jinhui

In this Chinese name, the family name is Peng.

Peng Jinhui
彭金辉
Head of Organization Department of the CPC Chongqing Committee
In office 9 December 2020 – 23 May 2022
Preceded by	Hu Wenrong
Succeeded by	Cai Yunge
Head of Organization Department of the CPC Hainan Committee
In office October 2018 – December 2020
Preceded by	Wang Ruilian
Succeeded by	Xu Qifang
President of Kunming University of Science and Technology
In office February 2016 – January 2018
Preceded by	Zhang Yingjie
Succeeded by	Wang Xueqin
President of Yunnan Minzu University
In office September 2013 – February 2016
Preceded by	Zhen Chaodang
Succeeded by	Na Jinhua
Personal details
Born	December 1964 (age 59) Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Kunming University of Science and Technology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Brunel University London
Occupation	Engineer, administrator, politician
Scientific career
Fields	Metallurgy
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	彭金輝
Simplified Chinese	彭金辉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Péng Jīnhuī

Peng Jinhui (Chinese: 彭金辉; born December 1964) is a Chinese engineer, administrator and politician currently serving as a deputy head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Previously, he served as heads of the Organization Department of both the CPC Hainan Committee and the CPC Chongqing Committee. He was president of Yunnan Minzu University between 2013 and 2016 and president of Kunming University of Science and Technology between 2016 and 2018. He is of Yi ethnicity. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Peng was born in Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, in December 1964. He received his M.S. and a PhD degree in metallurgy from Kunming University of Science and Technology. After graduating, he taught at the university. He joined the Communist Party of China in July 1989. He carried out postdoctoral research at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from 1994 to 1996 and Brunel University London from 1999 to 2000. His career transitioned from research to administration when he was appointed as vice-president of Kunming University of Science and Technology in January 2014. In September 2013 he was promoted again to become president of Yunnan Minzu University. In February 2016, he was transferred back to Kunming University of Science and Technology and appointed the president.

He began his political career in 2018, when he was appointed vice-governor of Hainan in January. He concurrently served as party chief of Yangpu Economic Development Zone. In October 2018 he succeeded Wang Ruilian as head of Organization Department of the CPC Hainan Committee. On December 9, 2020, he was transferred to Chongqing and appointed head of Organization Department of the CPC Chongqing Committee, replacing Hu Wenrong.

Honours and awards

• November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)