Xu Liyi

Xu got involved in politics in August 1983, joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1986. Xu worked in Yuyao, a county-level city the jurisdiction of Ningbo, from 1983 to 2001, and then Ningbo, from 2001 to 2006. In November 2006, he was transferred to Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang, where he successively worked as party secretary of Jianggan District and Yuhang District. In March 2014, he became vice mayor of Hangzhou, but held the position for only one year. He became mayor of Wenzhou in April 2015,^[2] and then party secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in January 2016. In February 2017, he was promoted to acting mayor of Hangzhou, confirmed in April.^[3]

In June 2019, he was assigned to central Henan province and appointed party secretary of its capital Zhengzhou.^[4] He was also admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Henan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. During his tenure, the 2021 Henan floods broke out, Xu and his subordinates committed dereliction of duty and concealed 139 deaths and missing persons.^[5][6] On 21 January 2022, he has been given a serious warning as a measure of party discipline and had his civil servant rank downgraded.^[7][8]

Government offices
Preceded by Chen Jinbiao [zh]	Mayor of Wenzhou 2015–2016	Succeeded by Zhang Geng [zh]
Preceded by Zhang Hongming [zh]	Mayor of Hangzhou 2017–2020	Succeeded by Liu Xin [zh]
Party political offices
Preceded by Zhang Geng [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Wenzhou 2016–2017	Succeeded by Chen Yixin
Preceded by Ma Yi [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Zhengzhou 2019–2022	Succeeded by An Wei [zh]