Qin Guangrong
Qin Guangrong (Chinese: 秦光荣; pinyin: Qín Guāngróng; born 1 December 1954) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as the deputy chair of the committee on internal legal affairs of the National People's Congress. He previous served as the Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan province, the province's top political office, from 2011 to October 2014. Prior to that he was the Governor of Yunnan.
Biography
Qin was born in Hunan Province in 1950. He was first appointed the Governor of Yunnan in January 2007. He was re-elected as Governor by the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress on January 24, 2008.[1]
Qin was named the Party Secretary for Yunnan in November 2011.[2]
Qin served on the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,[2] which was in session between 2007 and 2012. He currently serves on the 18th Central Committee.[3]
In mid September 2013, Qin led a delegation of more than 200 people to visit Taiwan. While in Taiwan, Qin met with the former Chairman of Kuomintang, Wu Po-hsiung. During the meeting, Qin encouraged Taiwanese businessmen to invest in Yunnan and make use of the province as the gateway to Southeast Asia and South Asia, creating business opportunities. He added that Yunnan welcomes Taiwanese farmers, township wardens, teachers, students, media and religious and business representatives.[4]
In 2014, a large number of corruption investigations were opened in Yunnan province, involving former provincial party chief Bai Enpei, former provincial governor Shen Peiping, and former Kunming executive vice mayor Li Xi. Zhang Tianxin, the former party chief of the provincial capital, Kunming, was also demoted as a result of a party investigation. As part of the overall efforts to get to the bottom of corruption cases in the province, Qin Guangrong was asked to step down as party chief in October 2014.[5] Before he left his post he was said to have told his subordinates, "I am going to go somewhere else to work now. Thank you for everything." Subsequently Qin was named Vice Chair of the internal legal affairs committee of the National People's Congress.[6]
References
- ↑ "Qin Guangrong re-elected governor of Yunnan Province". Xinhua. 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- 1 2 "Qin Guangrong elected Communist Party chief of SW China's Yunnan". People's Daily. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ↑ "List of members of the 18th CPC Central Committee". Xinhua. 2012-11-14.
- ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/09/19/2003572505
- ↑ "云南成又一腐败重灾区（2014-10-15 12:02）". Yuqing.
- ↑ "云南原书记秦光荣任全国人大内司委副主任委员". QQ. November 1, 2014.
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| Preceded by Bai Enpei |
Communist Party Chief of Yunnan 2011–2014 |
Succeeded by Li Jiheng |
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| Preceded by Xu Rongkai |
Governor of Yunnan 2007–2011 |
Succeeded by Li Jiheng |
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