Huang Shaoping

Huang Shaoping commenced her work in July 1976 and possessed a postgraduate degree in Scientific Socialism from the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, which she obtained throughout her tenure.She held the position of Secretary of the Communist Youth League of Quanzhou from June 1992 until October 1993. She was subsequently appointed Assistant Mayor of Quanzhou while simultaneously serving as Secretary of the Youth League Committee until June 1995. She served as Assistant Mayor until February 1996, then assuming the role of Vice Mayor of Quanzhou, which she maintained until April 2001. From September 1997 to July 1998, she participated in the Central Party School's training program for young and middle-aged cadres, and from September 1997 to July 2000, she engaged in postgraduate studies in Scientific Socialism at the same institution.^[2][1]

From April 2001 to July 2003, Huang was a member of the Quanzhou Municipal Party Committee [zh] and the head of its Publicity Department. She subsequently assumed the roles of Director and Party Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, serving from July 2003 until August 2006.^[3] From August 2006 to April 2008, she served as the Executive Deputy Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In April 2008, she assumed the role of Deputy Party Secretary of Quanzhou, and in July 2011, she was appointed interim Mayor.^[4] She assumed the office of Mayor in January 2012 and was elevated to Party Secretary of Quanzhou in February 2013, a position she held till her demise.^[5][6]

Huang served as a deputy in the 12th National People's Congress. Huang Shaoping succumbed to illness on April 25, 2015, in Quanzhou.^[7] Subsequent to her demise, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress conveyed its condolences, and her representative position was automatically revoked.^[8]