Wang Changsong

Wang was born in Wuwei County, Anhui (now Wuwei), in July 1962.^[1] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1979, he was accepted to Anhui University, where he majored in law.^[1] After graduation in 1983, he did his postgraduate work at Peking University.^[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1985.^[1]

After university in 1986, Wang was despatched to the Laws and Regulations Department of the National Audit Office and over a period of 22 years worked his way up to the position of director.^[1]

Wang was transferred to northeast China's Jilin province in November 2010.^[1] He was deputy party secretary of Songyuan, in addition to serving as mayor since January 2011.^[1] He rose to party secretary, the top political position in the city, in May 2011.^[1] In January 2013, he was chosen as president of Jilin Provincial High People's Court, although he remained party secretary of Songyuan until March 2013.^[1]

Wang was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee, the province's top authority, in June 2016, and appointed secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.^[1] He also served as director of the Heilongjiang Supervision Commission since January 2018.^[1]

Wang was assigned to the similar position in east China's Jiangsu province in March 2020.^[1]

In January 2023, Wang took office as chairman of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.^[3]

Government offices
Preceded by Sun Hongzhi	Mayor of Songyuan 2011	Succeeded by Li Xiangguo [zh]
Party political offices
Preceded by Lan Jun	Communist Party Secretary of Songyuan 2011–2013	Succeeded by Gao Fuping [zh]
Preceded by Huang Jiansheng [zh]	Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2016–2020	Succeeded by Zhang Wei [zh]
Preceded by Jiang Zhuoqing	Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2020–2023	Succeeded by Zhang Zhong [zh]
New title	Director of the Heilongjiang Supervision Commission 2018–2020	Succeeded by Zhang Wei [zh]
Preceded by Jiang Zhuoqing	Director of the Jiangsu Supervision Commission 2020–2023	Succeeded by Zhang Zhong [zh]
Legal offices
Preceded by Zhang Wenxian	President of Jilin Provincial High People's Court 2013–2016	Succeeded by Kou Fang [zh]
Assembly seats
Preceded by Sheng Maolin [zh]	Chairman of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 2023–present	Incumbent