Wei Hong

Wei Hong
魏宏
Governor of Sichuan
In office January 2013 – January 2016
Preceded by	Jiang Jufeng
Succeeded by	Yin Li
Personal details
Born	May 1954 (age 62) Yinan County, Shandong, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Changsha Railway Force College

Wei Hong (Chinese: 魏宏; born May 1954) is a Chinese politician who served as the Governor of Sichuan province between 2013 and 2016. Prior to his assuming the post of governor, he served as vice governor and head of the party Organization Department in Sichuan province. He resigned as governor in 2016 following a party investigation into his conduct.

Wei Hong was born in Yinan County, Shandong province. He served in the railway force of the People's Liberation Army from November 1970 to March 1978 and joined the Communist Party of China in June 1973. From 1978 to 1979 he studied at the Changsha Railway Force College in Hunan province. He studied economics at the graduate school of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics from 1996 to 1998.

Starting in 1982 Wei worked in Sichuan province; he became a political operative in 1986, joining the provincial party Organization Department. In 1997, he became deputy head of the provincial organization department, and then became the Communist Party Chief of Ya'an prefecture from 2000 to 2002, during which Zhou Yongkang served as leader of the party in Sichuan. In September 2002, he became the head of the Organization Department of Sichuan province, and then joined the provincial Party Standing Committee several months later. During his tenure at the Organization Department, he promoted Zhou Yongkang associate Li Chongxi, and also introduced then aspiring female local politician Li Jia to Zhou; Li was later promoted to party chief of Ziyang. Zhou, who had by then ascended to the highest echelons of power in Beijing, was said to be fond of Wei, inviting him out to dinner when the latter was in Beijing. Wei was named executive deputy governor of Sichuan province in May 2007.

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