Fei Gaoyun was born in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, in August 1971. He studied radio technology at the Department of Electronic Science and Engineering at Yangzhou Institute of Technology between 1989 and 1993. He later obtained a master’s degree in public administration from the School of Public Administration at Nanjing University. Fei joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1992 and began working in August 1993.[1]
Fei started his political career in his home region of Jiangsu, initially holding positions in the Communist Youth League in Hanjiang County. He later became township head of Yunxi Township, deputy secretary of the Party Committee in Yizheng, and subsequently vice mayor of Yizheng. In 2007, he was appointed mayor of Yizheng, and in 2008 became the city’s Party Secretary. During this period, he also held concurrent leadership roles in the Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Park.[2]
In 2011, Fei was transferred to Nantong, where he served as a standing committee member of the municipal Party committee, and later as Party Secretary of Tongzhou District and Qidong City. In early 2013, he moved to Changzhou, becoming deputy Party secretary and vice mayor before being appointed acting mayor in July 2013. He was confirmed as mayor in January 2014 and served until February 2017, when he became the Party Secretary of Changzhou and chairman of the Changzhou People’s Congress Standing Committee.[3][4]
In 2018, Fei was appointed vice governor of Jiangsu Province, a position he held until 2022, overseeing areas such as economic development and public administration. Between January and March 2021, he also served concurrently as secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission.[5]
In December 2022, he was transferred to Anhui Province, where he became a member of the provincial Party committee standing committee and later executive vice governor.[6] In April 2025, Fei was appointed Party Secretary of Hefei, and in May also assumed the role of first secretary of the Hefei Garrison District Party Committee.[7]