Xiao Yaqing
Xiao Yaqing | |||||||
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肖亚庆 | |||||||
Minister of Industry and Information Technology | |||||||
Assumed office 11 August 2020 | |||||||
Premier | Li Keqiang | ||||||
Preceded by | Miao Wei | ||||||
Director of the State Administration for Market Regulation | |||||||
In office 17 May 2019 – 12 August 2021 | |||||||
Premier | Li Keqiang | ||||||
Preceded by | Zhang Mao | ||||||
Succeeded by | Zhang Gong | ||||||
Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission | |||||||
In office 1 February 2016 – 17 May 2019 | |||||||
Premier | Li Keqiang | ||||||
Preceded by | Zhang Yi | ||||||
Succeeded by | Hao Peng | ||||||
General Manager of the Aluminum Corporation of China Limited | |||||||
In office 28 April 2004 – 17 February 2009 | |||||||
Preceded by | Guo Shengkun | ||||||
Succeeded by | Xiong Weiping | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | September 1959 (age 62) Xinle County, Hebei, China | ||||||
Political party | Communist Party of China | ||||||
Alma mater | Central South University | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 肖亚庆 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 肖亞慶 | ||||||
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Xiao Yaqing (born September 1959) is a Chinese engineer, business executive and politician, currently serving as Minister of Industry and Information Technology.[1] Previously he served as director of the State Administration for Market Regulation and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.[2] He was an alternate members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party.
Early life and education[]
Xiao was born in Xinle County, Hebei, in September 1959. He entered Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (now Central South University) in 1978, majoring in non ferrous metal pressure machining at the Metallic Materials Department, where he graduated in 1982.
Executive career[]
Beginning in August 1982, he served in several posts at the Northeast Lightalloy Fabrication Plant (东北轻合金加工厂) in Harbin, including engineer, deputy chief engineer, chief engineer, and general manager.
In June 1999, he was transferred to Southwestern Aluminium Fabrication Plant (西南铝加工厂) in Chongqing, where he eventually promoted to December 2000. Under his management, the company turned losses into profits and ranked among China's top 500 enterprise groups.
In October 2003, he became deputy general manager of Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, rising to general manager the next year.
Political career[]
In February 2009, he was appointed deputy secretary-general of the State Council,[3] after this office was terminated in January 2016, he became director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, serving until May 2019, when he was named director of the State Administration for Market Regulation.[4][5] In July 2020, he was appointed party branch secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, concurrently holding the minister position since August 2021.[6]
References[]
- ^ Zhou, Xin (31 July 2020). "China's ministry at the forefront of US technology rivalry gets a new chief". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "China will fend off new risks, challenges brought by new tech: industry minister". Reuters. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ 中铝总经理肖亚庆出任国务院副秘书长. sina (in Chinese). 18 February 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Zhong, Nan (22 May 2019). "New head of market regulator appointed". China Daily. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Liu Guangbo (刘光博), ed. (18 May 2019). 肖亚庆出任国家市场监管总局局长(图/简历). sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Zhao Wenhan (赵文涵) (11 August 2021). 全国人大常委会决定任命工业和信息化部部长、文化和旅游部部长. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Xinle
- Engineers from Hebei
- Businesspeople from Hebei
- Central South University alumni
- People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei
- Government ministers of the People's Republic of China
- Alternate members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party