Huang Xiaoxiang

Huang was born in Dazu District of Chongqing, in June 1956. During the Cultural Revolution, he worked as a sent-down youth in Xichang County, Sichuan. In October 1978, he was accepted to Sichuan University, where he majored in economics. Then he studied and later taught at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. From February 1986 to December 1988 he was a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Huang began his political career in August 1974, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1984.^{[citation needed]}

Beginning in December 1988, he served in several posts in the State Council of the People's Republic of China, including deputy director, director, and investigator.^{[citation needed]}

In March 1994 he became the chief economic manager of China Huatong Group Products, a state-owned enterprise. Nine months later, he was promoted to the vice president position.^{[citation needed]}

In August 1995, he was appointed the deputy secretary general of Sichuan, he remained in that position until February 1999, when he was transferred to Neijiang and appointed the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary.^{[citation needed]}

He was promoted to become the vice-governor of Sichuan in January 2002, and served until February 2012.^[3]

In March 2013, he was appointed vice-president of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and deputy secretary general of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^{[citation needed]}

On 17 July 2015, he was removed from his posts on the Thirty-second session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC National Committee.^{[citation needed]}