Wei Xiaodong

Wei was born in Zhangzhou, Fujian, in May 1961.^[2] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1979, he was accepted to Xiamen University, where he majored in plan statistics.^[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1983 upon graduation.^[2]

After university in 1983, Wei was assigned to the Ministry of Labor and Personnel [zh].^[2] After the institutional reform in 1988, he worked in the Ministry of Personnel [zh].^[2] Starting in April 1988, he served in several posts in the Central Institutional Organization Commission, including director of the Comprehensive Department, director of the Second Department, and director of the Fourth Department.^[2]

In October 2010, Wei was transferred to north China's Henan province and appointed deputy party secretary of Luoyang.^[2] He was deputy party secretary of Hebi in September 2011, in addition to serving as mayor.^[2] He was elevated to party secretary, the top political position in the city, in April 2013.^[2] In April 2015, he was chosen as party secretary of Shangqiu.^[3]

In August 2016, Wei was recalled to the Central Institutional Organization Commission and appointed deputy director of the Office.^[4]

Wei was appointed head of the Organization Department of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee in April 2017 and was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.^[5][6] He was named vice chairperson of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress in January 2021, concurrently serving as president of the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions.^[7] In August 2021, Wei was chosen as party branch secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in addition to serving as chairperson since January 2022.^[8]