Wang Xuefei

Wang was born in May 1956 in Xinyang, Henan Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1975 and began working in April 1973. Early in his career, he worked as a sent-down youth in Xi County, Henan, before studying at the Baoding Electric Power School under the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power in 1975. He later worked at the Nanjing Self-supplied Power Plant and was seconded to the editorial office of Train Electric Power magazine, during which time he attended a secretarial training program at the Department of Chinese, Nanjing University.^[3]

In 1982, Wang pursued studies in Chinese language at Jiangsu Radio and Television University. He subsequently worked for the Nanjing Electric Power Construction and Development Company before transferring to the Research Office of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 1986. During this period, he also served as deputy Party secretary of Liuxin Township in Tongshan County. In 1989, he was appointed deputy director of the Urban Affairs Division of the Provincial Research Office, and later became deputy director of the Urban Affairs Division of the Provincial Policy Research Office.^[4] Between 1995 and 1997, he concurrently served as deputy Party secretary of Lishui County and studied administrative management at Nanjing University.^[5]

In 1997, Wang was promoted to deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the Provincial Committee. From 2000 to 2002, he undertook postgraduate studies in political economy at the Party School of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee. In May 2000, he became deputy director of the Research Office of the Provincial Committee, and in April 2003 he was appointed deputy secretary-general of the Provincial Committee and director of its Research Office. In July 2007, he was promoted to deputy secretary-general of the Provincial Committee and director of the General Office of the Provincial Committee.^[6]

In December 2014, Wang was appointed a member of the Party Group of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPPCC and minister of the United Front Work Department of the Provincial Committee.^[7] In January 2015, he was elected vice chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPPCC while continuing to serve as head of the United Front Work Department.^[8] In December 2016, he remained vice chairman and member of the Party Group of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was also a member of the 12th Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[9]