Qiu He 仇和 |
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Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan | |
In office November 2011 – March 2015 |
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Secretary | Li Jiheng |
Preceded by | Li Jiheng |
Succeeded by | Zhong Mian |
Communist Party Secretary of Kunming | |
In office December 2007 – November 2011 |
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Preceded by | Yang Chongyong (杨崇勇) |
Succeeded by | Zhang Tianxin |
Vice-Governor of Jiangsu | |
In office January 2006 – December 2007 |
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Preceded by | Wu Ruilin (吴瑞林) |
Succeeded by | Xu Ming (徐鸣) |
Communist Party Secretary of Suqian | |
In office August 2001 – April 2006 |
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Preceded by | Xu Shousheng |
Succeeded by | Zhang Xinshi (张新实) |
Mayor of Suqian | |
In office January 2001 – August 2001 |
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Preceded by | She Yihe (佘义和) |
Succeeded by | Zhang Xinshi |
Personal details | |
Born | January 1957 (age 60) Binhai County, Jiangsu |
Nationality | Chinese |
Political party | Communist Party of China (1977-2015, expelled) |
Residence | Kunming, Yunnan |
Alma mater |
Nanjing Agricultural University Tsinghua University John F. Kennedy School of Government |
Occupation | Politician |
Qiu He (Chinese: 仇和; pinyin: Qiú Hé; born January 1957) is a former Chinese politician who spent his career in Jiangsu and Yunnan provinces. He most recently held the post of the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan. He was investigated by the Communist Party of China's anti-graft agency in March 2015.
Qiu He was a member of the 12th National People's Congress and an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Qiu He was born and raised in Binhai County, Jiangsu. He entered Nanjing Agricultural College (now Nanjing Agricultural University) in March 1978, majoring in botanical and plant conservation, where he graduated in January 1982. Qiu then joined the Jiangsu Agricultural Science Institute. In 1985 he became an office liaison for a 'party clean-up' project in the city of Huaiyin. The following year he was named deputy director of the Botanical Conservation Institute of Jiangsu (苏省农科院植保研究所). In 1988 he became governor of Feng County. He also studied at Tsinghua University. From 1990 to 1996, he worked at Jiangsu Provincial Association of Science and Technology.
Between April 1995 and January 1996 he was sent to the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a part-time student. In 1996 he began working in the city of Suqian as a member of its planning commission, by September he was named vice-mayor. He then became party head of Shuyang County, where he experimented with a far-reaching anti-corruption campaign, and first explored the possibility of hiring staff to direct public opinion in favour of the government on the internet (a precursor to the fifty cent party).