Chen Yixin

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Chen Yixin (Chinese: 陈一新; born September 1959) is a Chinese politician, serving since March 2018 as the Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, former Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Hubei and Party Secretary of Wuhan.[1] He served as the Communist Party Secretary of Wenzhou, a city in Zhejiang province, between 2013 and 2015. Between December 2014 and December 2015, Chen was a member of the Zhejiang Party Standing Committee. Between 2015 and 2016, he was deputy director of the Office of Deepening Reform.

Chen was born in Taishun County, Zhejiang. He graduated with a degree in physics from Lishui Teacher's College, where he served as a leader in the school's Communist Youth League. He has since worked as a lifelong Communist Party functionary, working in increasingly more senior administrative positions.[2] He has served as deputy Secretary-General of Zhejiang Party Committee. In 2012 he became party secretary of Jinhua. In 2013, he became party secretary of Wenzhou.[2]

Chen later became the deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms.[3] In January 2017, Chen was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan and deputy party secretary of Hubei.[4]

In March 2018, Chen Yixin succeeded Wang Yongqing as the Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.[5]

In 2020, Chen, serving Premier Li Keqiang and Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, was announced to be leading efforts related to the 2019-20 coronavirus epidemic.[6]

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  1. ^ "温州书记陈一新任中央深改办专职副主任". December 1, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "温州市委书记陈一新任浙江省委常委(图/简历)". IFeng. December 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "浙江省委常委、温州书记调任中央深改办". Ifeng. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  4. ^ "中央改革办专职副主任陈一新任湖北省委副书记、武汉市委书记". The Paper. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  5. ^ "陈一新调任中央政法委委员、秘书长:武汉是我心中最深的烙印". 澎湃新闻. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  6. ^ "Coronavirus: China sends new officials to take charge of Hubei outbreak". The Straits Times. 2020-02-08. Retrieved 2020-02-11.


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