Wang Wentao

Wang Wentao
王文涛
Communist Party Secretary of Jinan
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2015
Preceded by	Wang Min
Personal details
Born	May 1964 (age 60) Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Fudan University

Wang Wentao (Chinese: 王文涛; pinyin: Wáng Wéntāo; born May 1964) is a Chinese politician currently serving as the Communist Party Secretary of Jinan, and a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee of Shandong province. He is an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Career

Wang was born in 1964 in Nantong, Jiangsu province. He attended Fudan University in Shanghai, graduating with a degree in philosophy. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1994. After graduation he worked as an instructor at career institute of the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology; he also served as the head of the Communist Youth League organization at the institute, as well as the managing the sales of photocopying machines. He was later transferred to work as mayor of the town of Wuku in Shanghai's Songjiang District, then party chief of Liugang. Then he served as deputy governor of Songjiang District in Shanghai and head of urban planning; he was also in charge of industrial development, the technology park, and export growth. He was then transferred to Kunming to become deputy party chief, then mayor. Then he was transferred back to Shanghai to serve as deputy party chief and later governor of Huangpu District (zhengtingji; 正厅级). In April 2011 he was named a provincial Party Standing Committee member of Jiangxi and party chief of the provincial capital Nanchang.

In March 2015, Wang was named Party Secretary of Jinan and joined the Shandong Shengwei Changwei; he replaced Wang Min (no relation), who was dismissed for corruption.

Wang is an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.