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Wang Qishan

Wang Qishan
王岐山
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Wang Qishan (2011)
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Assumed office
15 November 2012
Deputy Zhao Hongzhu; others
Preceded by He Guoqiang
Leader of the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work
Assumed office
15 November 2012
Deputy Zhao Leji
Zhao Hongzhu
Preceded by He Guoqiang
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
In office
15 March 2008 – 14 March 2013
Serving with Li Keqiang, Hui Liangyu, Zhang Dejiang
Premier Wen Jiabao
Portfolio Finance, Commerce, others
Personal details
Born (1948-07-01) July 1, 1948 (age 68)
Qingdao, Shandong, China
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater Northwest University
Wang Qishan
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"Wang Qishan" in Chinese characters
Chinese 王岐山

Wang Qishan (Chinese: 王岐山; born 1 July 1948) is a senior leader of the Communist Party of China. Since 2012 he has been a member of the seven-man Politburo Standing Committee, China's highest decision making body. He concurrently serves as Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and has emerged as the public face of General Secretary Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign since 2013.

Wang gained prominence in China's financial sector in the late 1980s. In 1994, Wang became the Governor of the China Construction Bank. Wang then successively served in three regional roles: Vice-Governor of Guangdong, Party Secretary of Hainan, and Mayor of Beijing. Wang then served as Vice-Premier in charge of finance and commercial affairs under premier Wen Jiabao from March 2008 to March 2013, during which he also gained a seat on the party's Politburo.

Wang Qishan was born in Qingdao, Shandong, but his ancestral hometown is considered Tianzhen, Shanxi. After graduating high school, Wang worked as a "sent-down youth" in the countryside, performing manual labour with peasants on a commune in the revolutionary heartland of Yan'an. In 1973, Wang was admitted as a "Worker-Peasant-Soldier student" at Northwest University in Xi'an, where he studied history and graduated in 1976. Wang met Yao Mingshan (姚明珊), the daughter of Yao Yilin, in Yan'an and the two later wed. After graduation, Wang worked in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, researching late imperial Chinese history (1800s onwards) and Republican era (1912 - 1949) history. In 1982, Yao Yilin became an alternate member of the Central Secretariat, and Wang was elevated to the Secretariat's office on rural policy research. This marked the beginning of Wang's political career.


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