Qin Guangrong
| Qin Guangrong | |
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| 秦光荣 | |
| Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan | |
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In office August 2011 – October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Bai Enpei |
| Succeeded by | Li Jiheng |
| Governor of Yunnan | |
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In office July 2007 – August 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Xu Rongkai |
| Succeeded by | Li Jiheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1957 (age 60) Yongzhou, Hunan |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Hengyang Normal University |
Qin Guangrong (Chinese: 秦光荣; pinyin: Qín Guāngróng; born 1 December 1954) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as the deputy chair of the committee on internal legal affairs of the National People's Congress. He previous served as the Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan province, the province's top political office, from 2011 to October 2014. Prior to that he was the Governor of Yunnan.
Qin was born in Yongzhou, Hunan Province in 1950. He attended Hengyang Normal University, majoring in Chinese language. After graduating, he was dispatched to the Lingling campus of Hunan Normal University. He then entered the Communist Youth League system as a provincial functionary, eventually working his way up to leading positions. In June 1993, he became party chief of Changsha at the age of 38; a year later he joined the provincial party standing committee.
In January 1999, he was transferred to the southwestern province of Yunnan to become the provincial Political and Legal Affairs secretary, then cycled through the offices of organization department head, executive vice governor, and Deputy Party Secretary. He was first appointed the Governor of Yunnan in January 2007. He was re-elected as Governor by the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress on January 24, 2008.
Qin was named the Party Secretary for Yunnan in November 2011.
In mid September 2013, Qin led a delegation of more than 200 people to visit Taiwan. While in Taiwan, Qin met with the former Chairman of Kuomintang, Wu Po-hsiung. During the meeting, Qin encouraged Taiwanese businessmen to invest in Yunnan and make use of the province as the gateway to Southeast Asia and South Asia, creating business opportunities. He added that Yunnan welcomes Taiwanese farmers, township wardens, teachers, students, media and religious and business representatives.
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