Liu Qiang (politician, born 1971)
Chinese politician
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Liu Qiang (Chinese: 刘强; born March 1971) is a Chinese banker and politician, currently serving as party secretary of Jinan since March 2022.
Liu Qiang | |||||||
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刘强 | |||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Jinan | |||||||
| Assumed office March 2022 | |||||||
| Deputy | Yu Haitian (mayor) | ||||||
| Preceded by | Sun Licheng | ||||||
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| Born | March 1971 (age 55) Haiyuan County, Ningxia, China | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘强 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉強 | ||||||
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He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
Early life and education
Liu was born in Haiyuan County, Ningxia, in March 1971.[2] He graduated from the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2]
Career
He entered the workforce in July 1993, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1996.[2] He worked at the Agricultural Bank of China for a long time, where he eventually became its governor of the Shanghai Branch in July 2015.[2] In July 2016, he was appointed vice governor of the Bank of China.[2]
He got involved in politics in September 2018, when he was made vice governor of Shandong.[2] He concurrently served as secretary-general and member of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee since May 2020.[2] In March 2022, he was chosen as party secretary of the capital city Jinan, succeeding Sun Licheng.[3]