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Xu Kunlin

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Xu Kunlin
许昆林
Xu in 2023
Governor of Jiangsu
Assumed office
19 October 2021
Party SecretaryWu Zhenglong
Xin Changxing
Preceded byWu Zhenglong
Personal details
BornMay 1965 (age 59)
Yongchun County, Fujian, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materZhejiang Gongshang University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXǔ Kūnlín
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKhó͘ Khun-lîm

Xu Kunlin (Chinese: 许昆林; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Khun-lîm; born May 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the current governor of Jiangsu, in office since 19 October 2021. Previously he served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Suzhou, the largest city in Jiangsu.

Biography

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Xu was born in Yongchun County, Fujian, in May 1965. In 1980, he enrolled in Hangzhou Institute of Commerce (now Zhejiang Gongshang University), majoring in planning statistics, where he graduated in 1984.[citation needed]

After university, in August 1984, he was dispatched to State Administration of commodity Prices (now National Development and Reform Commission), where he worked successively as director of the Department of Price Supervision, director of the Department of Fixed Assets Investment, and deputy secretary-general.[citation needed]

In March 2017, he took office of vice mayor of Shanghai, one of the four direct-administered municipalities of China and one of China's economic centers.[1]

In September 2020, he was transferred to the neighboring Jiangsu province and appointed party secretary of Suzhou, the top political position in the city.[2] And he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Jiangsu Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. On 19 October 2021, he was promoted to acting governor of Jiangsu, replacing Wu Zhenglong.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 许昆林被任命为上海市副市长. thepaper (in Chinese). 31 March 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (29 September 2020). 上海市副市长许昆林出任江苏省委常委、苏州市委书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (19 October 2021). 空降地方四年半 许昆林代理江苏省长. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Suzhou
2020–2021
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Jiangsu
2021–present
Incumbent