Sun Jinlong
| Sun Jinlong | |
|---|---|
| 孙金龙 | |
| Communist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps | |
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Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Han Yong |
| Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Hunan | |
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In office April 2013 – February 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Mei Kebao |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 1962 (age 54) Zhongxiang County, Hubei, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater |
Wuhan College of Geology Nankai University Renmin University |
Sun Jinlong (Chinese: 孙金龙; born January 1962) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2016 as the Communist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Sun came to prominence in 2001, serving on the Secretariat of the Communist Youth League, then held office as party chief of Hefei, and the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Anhui and secretary of the provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Hunan province.
Biography
Sun was born in 1962 in Zhongxiang, Hubei province. He attended the Wuhan College of Geology (later folded into the China University of Geosciences), where he studied mining exploration. He then pursued graduate studies in the subject. In 1986, he joined a squad of engineers in Liaoning. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1986, and began taking on administrative and leadership roles on the team. In 1990, he was named a "National Model Worker" and a "Provincial Model Worker".[1]
In July 1991, he was named vice president of China Geological Engineering Company (中国地质工程公司), at 29 years of age. He was stationed in Pakistan for a period of time. Two years later he was promoted to president and party chief. In January 1995, Sun was recruited to the Communist Youth League. He then earned master's and doctorate degrees in economics from Nankai University and Renmin University. In December 2001 he was named a Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Youth League.[1]
In April 2003, he was transferred to Anhui to join the provincial party leadership council and head of the provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission. In March 2005 he became party chief of Hefei. In Hefei, Sun was known for centralizing control and taking on ambitious infrastructure projects which resulted in significant decreases in congestion in the city, and also for fueling the city's economic growth. In July 2011, he was named Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Anhui province; in April 2013, he was transferred to Hunan province to serve as deputy party chief there.[1] Sun was transferred to Xinjiang in 2016, taking office as the Communist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (minister-level).[2]
Sun was an alternate member of the 17th and 18th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.[1]