Xue Bin

Xue was born in Wubu County, Shaanxi, in April 1966. In 1983, he was accepted to Tongji University, majoring in city planning. After university, he was assigned to Xinjiang Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute. He got involved in politics in November 1992, when he was despatched to the Land Planning and Construction Bureau of Ürümqi Economic and Technological Development Zone. In March 1995, he was appointed deputy head of the Urban and Rural Planning Division of the Department of Construction of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, rising to head in May 2001. In October 2002, he became assistant mayor of Turpan, and then secretary-general in January 2008. In September 2010, he was promoted to become party secretary of Korla, a position he held until January 2016, when he was made deputy party secretary and executive vice mayor of Ürümqi. He became party secretary of Tacheng Prefecture in March 2017, and served until September 2021.^[1] He was promoted to be vice chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in September 2021,^[2] concurrently serving as commander of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps since February 2022.^[3]