Luo Huining

Luo Huining (Chinese: 骆惠宁; born October 1954) is a Chinese politician and senior regional official. He currently serves as the Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi. He was formerly party chief and Governor of Qinghai province.^[1][2][3]

Career

Luo Huining was born in Dangtu County, Anhui province, but is considered a native of his ancestral home of Yiwu, Zhejiang province by Chinese convention. He entered the work force in 1970 as a sent-down youth in the countryside of Ma'anshan, and in 1971 became a steel worker at the Maanshan Iron and Steel Company.^[3]

After the Cultural Revolution, in October 1978 Luo was admitted to the Department of Economics at Anhui University, studying Political Economics. He joined the Communist Party of China in March 1982 and graduated in August 1982.^[3]

After university Luo Huining started working for the provincial government of Anhui, rising to the position of Propaganda Chief of the province in 1999. He had a brief stint as Communist Party Chief of Chaohu prefecture from 1998 to 1999.^[3]

In April 2003 Luo was transferred from his native Anhui to distant Qinghai to become a Deputy Communist Party Chief of the province. In January 2010 he was promoted to Governor of Qinghai, succeeding Song Xiuyan. In March 2013 he was again promoted to Communist Party Chief of Qinghai, replacing Qiang Wei who had been transferred to Jiangxi province. Hao Peng succeeded Luo as governor.^[2] On June 30, 2016, he replaced Wang Rulin as the party chief of Shanxi.^[3]

Luo was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee, and is a full member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.^[1][2][3]

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