Sun Shaocheng

In July 1984, he was appointed as an official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and over a period of 25 years worked his way up to the position of Vice-Minister.

In August 2012, he became the vice governor of Shandong, a position he held until September 2014. Then he was transferred to Shanxi, a province rich in coal resources, he was a Standing Committee of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee and director of its United Front Work Department.^[4] He was promoted to vice-governor of Shanxi in November 2016, but having held the position for only three months, he was transferred back to Beijing and appointed the vice-minister of Ministry of Civil Affairs again, but soon he was transferred to another post as vice-minister of Ministry of Land and Resources. On March 19, 2018, he was confirmed as the inaugural Minister of Veterans Affairs at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress.^[5]

On 30 April 2022, he was appointed party secretary of Inner Mongolia, the top political position in the region.^[6] On January 16, 2023, during the first session of the Fourteenth Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional People's Congress, Sun Shaocheng was appointed Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Autonomous Region People's Congress.^[7]

On 29 January 2026, Sun was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.^[8] Sun's investigation came days after Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia was also put under investigation; state media had reported Sun had extensive working relations with Zhang and CMC Political Work Director Miao Hua when he had veterans affairs related work.^[9]

Party political offices
Preceded by Bai Yun	Head of the United Front Work Department of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2014–2016	Succeeded by Lian Yimin
Preceded by Jiang Daming	Party Branch Secretary of the Ministry of Land and Resources 2017–2018	Succeeded by Position revoked
Preceded by Shi Taifeng	Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia 2022–2025	Succeeded by Wang Weizhong
Government offices
New title	Minister of Veterans Affairs 2018–2022	Succeeded by Pei Jinjia