Wei Hongguang
Wei Hongguang | |||||||
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魏宏广 | |||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Zhanjiang | |||||||
| In office March 2016 – March 2017 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Liu Xiaohua | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zheng Renhao | ||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Yangjiang | |||||||
| In office September 2012 – March 2016 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Lin Shaochun | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Chen Xiaoshan | ||||||
| Mayor of Yangjiang | |||||||
| In office February 2008 – September 2012 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Lin Shaochun | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Qiu Zhiyong | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | October 1961 (age 63) Zhongshan, Guangdong, China | ||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of China | ||||||
| Alma mater | South China Normal University Central Party School of the Communist Party of China | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 魏宏廣 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 魏宏广 | ||||||
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Template:Chinese name Wei Hongguang (Chinese: 魏宏广; born October 1961) is a Chinese politician who spent his entirely career in his home-province Guangdong. He was investigated by the Communist Party of China's anti-graft agency in January 2020.[1] Previously he served as deputy secretary-general of Guangdong. He entered the workforce in July 1981, and joined the Communist Party of China in March 1984.
Biography
Wei was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China in October 1961. In September 1978 he entered Guangdong Agricultural Machinery Technology School, where he graduated in July 1983. After graduation, he was assigned to Zhongshan Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, becoming its deputy secretary in March 1984 and secretary in June 1985. He was Communist Party Secretary of Tanzhou in March 1993, and held that office until August 1996. Then he was promoted to Secretary of Zhongshan Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and then Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Zhongshan. In February 2000 he was transferred to Zhuhai and appointed Deputy Communist Party Secretary and Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection there. In February 2008 he became Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Yangjiang, rising to Communist Party Secretary in September 2012. In March 2016 he was transferred to Zhanjiang and appointed Communist Party Secretary and chairman of the Standing Committee of Zhanjiang Municipal People's Congress. He became Party Branch Secretary of Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission in March 2017, and served until May 2018, when he was appointed deputy secretary-general of Guangdong.[2]
He is a delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Investigation
On January 11, 2020, he was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of the People's Republic of China, for "serious violations of regulations and laws".[3]
References
- ^ Gao Chenchen (高晨晨) (11 January 2020). 广东省政府副秘书长魏宏广接受纪律审查和监察调查. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Zhou Xinyi (周馨怡_) (11 January 2020). 涉嫌严重违纪违法 广东省政府副秘书长魏宏广被查. 163.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ 广东省政府副秘书长魏宏广接受纪律审查和监察调查. ccdi.gov.cn (in Chinese). 11 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.