Wang Rulin | |
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王儒林 | |
Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi | |
In office September 2014 – June 2016 |
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Deputy | Li Xiaopeng (Governor) |
Preceded by | Yuan Chunqing |
Succeeded by | Luo Huining |
Communist Party Secretary of Jilin | |
In office December 2012 – August 2014 |
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Preceded by | Sun Zhengcai |
Succeeded by | Bayanqolu |
Governor of Jilin | |
In office December 2009 – December 2012 |
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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.