Wang Anshun

Wang Anshun
王安顺
Mayor of Beijing
In office 25 July 2012 – 31 October 2016 Acting until 28 January 2013
Preceded by	Guo Jinlong
Succeeded by	Cai Qi
Personal details
Born	December 1957 (age 59)
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	China University of Geosciences Nankai University

Wang Anshun (Chinese: 王安顺; born December 1957) is a Chinese politician who served as Mayor of Beijing between 2012 and 2016, the 15th person to hold the office under Communist Party rule. Wang began his career in geological exploration, then made the transition into politics, serving in Gansu, Shanghai, and Beijing through his career.

Wang was born in Huixian, Henan Province, in 1957. He attended the Wuhan campus of the China University of Geosciences. Wang Anshun joined the Communist Party of China in March 1984. He worked in the petroleum industry and was in charge of oil exploration in northeastern Jilin Province. Wang also obtained a master's degree in economics from Nankai University.

From July 1999 to September 2001, Wang worked in the Communist Party Committee of Gansu Province as head of the provincial organization department. Wang was transferred to Shanghai in September 2001, and, in April 2003, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai. In March 2007, he was transferred to the same position in Beijing, and, in January 2011, he additionally became chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference of Beijing.

In July 2012, Wang's predecessor Guo Jinlong resigned from his position as Mayor of Beijing, and Wang Anshun was appointed mayor in his place. It is not clear how Wang won favour over the years to take on what was evidently the most important mayoralty in China; Wang Qishan and Liu Qi had both held the position, prior to their ascendancy to the Politburo. Initially, Chinese-language media speculated that Wang's candidacy was advocated by Wen Jiabao, with whom Wang shared a background in geology. Wang, who was a relatively youthful 55 at the time of his appointment, seemed destined for the coveted Beijing party chief position.

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