Cai Qi
| Cai Qi | |
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| 蔡奇 | |
| Mayor of Beijing | |
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Assumed office 31 October 2016 (acting until 20 January 2017) |
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| Party Secretary | Guo Jinlong |
| Preceded by | Wang Anshun |
| Mayor of Hangzhou | |
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In office April 2007 – February 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sun Zhonghuan |
| Succeeded by | Shao Zhanwei |
| Head of the Organization Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee | |
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In office June 2010 – November 2013 |
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| Party Secretary |
Zhao Hongzhu Xia Baolong |
| Preceded by | Si Xinliang |
| Succeeded by | Hu Heping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1955 (age 61) Youxi County, Fujian, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Fujian Normal University |
Cai Qi (Chinese: 蔡奇; pinyin: Cài Qí; born December 1955) is a Chinese politician and current Mayor of Beijing, the 16th person to serve in the office after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Cai began his career in Fujian province. He has served successively as the mayor of Sanming, the mayor of Quzhou, the Communist Party Secretary of Taizhou, Zhejiang, and mayor of Hangzhou. Beginning in 2010 he served as the Executive Vice Governor of Zhejiang Province, and in 2014 was transferred to Beijing to serve as deputy director of the General Office serving the National Security Commission (rank equivalent of minister).
Largely due to Cai's extensive experience working in Zhejiang province, he is believed to be a political ally of Party General Secretary Xi Jinping. Cai was also known for his extensive use of social media and his unorthodox approach to governance.
Cai was born in Youxi County, Fujian province in December 1955. During the latter years of the Cultural Revolution he worked at a rural commune. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1975. Cai attended Fujian Normal University and graduated in 1978 with a degree in political economics. In the 1980s, Cai served in the General Office of the provincial party organization in Fujian province, gaining a series of rapid promotions. He worked as chief of staff serving provincial leaders, including as secretary to the provincial party chief. Between 1994 and 1997, he pursued a master's degree in law at his alma mater.
In September 1996 Cai took on his first major role in local government as the deputy Party secretary and later mayor of the city of Sanming in Fujian province. He was transferred to Zhejiang in May 1999 serving as the deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Quzhou. Between March 2002 and April 2004 Cai served as Quzhou's party secretary, the top political office of the city. In April 2004 Cai became party chief of Taizhou, Zhejiang; at the time, Xi Jinping was the party chief of Zhejiang province. In April 2007, Cai was promoted to the position Mayor of Hangzhou, the provincial capital, also serving as deputy Party Secretary. In January 2010, he became a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee as head of the party's provincial Organization Department.
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