Sun Zhigang
| Sun Zhigang | |
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| 孙志刚 | |
| Governor of Guizhou | |
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Assumed office October 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Chen Min'er |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1954 (age 62) Xingyang, Henan, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater |
Wuhan Institute of Metallurgy Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Sun Zhigang (Chinese: ; born May 1954) is a Chinese politician who has served as Governor of Guizhou province since October 2015. He was formerly Vice-Governor of Anhui province and chief of the national office for health care reform.
Sun Zhigang was born in May 1954 in Xingyang, Henan province. He joined the work force in February 1971 during the Cultural Revolution as a sent-down youth in Xingyang. In 1973, he entered Wuhan Institute of Metallurgy (now incorporated into Wuhan University of Science and Technology) as a "Worker-Peasant-Soldier student". He joined the Communist Party of China in September 1976.
After graduating from college, Sun stayed at his alma mater as an instructor. He entered the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics to pursue graduate studies in economics, then he became, for a brief period, a research fellow at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. In April 1985, he quit academia to pursue a career in politics, entering the Wuhan municipal government.
In Wuhan, the provincial capital, Sun became the deputy head of the city's economics commission, and also in charge of economic restructuring. He became the district deputy party chief, then governor of Hanyang District. In March 1993 he was named vice mayor of Wuhan, then transferred to serve as the mayor of Yichang in August 1996, and promoted to party chief in March 1999. He became a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee in June 2002, and the secretary-general of the Party Committee, becoming chief of staff under then-party chief Yu Zhengsheng.
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