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Wang Rulin

Wang Rulin
王儒林
Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi
In office
September 2014 – June 2016
Deputy Li Xiaopeng (Governor)
Preceded by Yuan Chunqing
Succeeded by Luo Huining
Communist Party Secretary of Jilin
In office
December 2012 – August 2014
Preceded by Sun Zhengcai
Succeeded by Bayanqolu
Governor of Jilin
In office
December 2009 – December 2012
Preceded by Han Changfu
Succeeded by Bayanqolu
Personal details
Born April 1953 (age 63)
Puyang, Henan, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater Jilin University

Wang Rulin (Chinese: 王儒林; born April 1953) is a Chinese politician and senior regional official. He is serving as Vice-Chairperson of the National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee. From 2014 to 2016, Wang was the Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi province, where he managed anti-corruption efforts as part of the greater anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping. Wang formerly served as Party Secretary (2012–14) and Governor (2009–12) of Jilin province.

Wang Rulin was born in 1953 and is recorded as a native of Puyang, Henan province. During the Cultural Revolution, Wang worked in Fusong County, Jilin performing manual labour as a sent-down youth. He then went on to work for the local forestry production unit. He joined the Communist Party of China in November 1973. In 1975, he was recommended to partake in cadre training courses held by the Communist Party, and was then sent to work for the provincial administration of forestry and agriculture. He obtained a bachelor's degree at Jilin Agricultural College. In August 1987, he became the provincial head of the Communist Youth League of China. In 1990, he went to study for a master's degree in economics from Jilin University.

Wang Rulin became the mayor of Tonghua in 1993, and the city's party chief in 1994. In 1998 he was transferred to Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture to be the prefectural party chief. In 2001 Wang was promoted to executive vice governor of Jilin province, and became the party secretary of the provincial capital Changchun in 2004. In December 2009 he was appointed the acting governor of Jilin, and was officially elected Governor in January 2010. In December 2012 he was promoted to Communist Party Secretary of Jilin.


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