Xia Baolong

Xia Baolong
夏宝龙

Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2012
Deputy	Li Qiang (Governor) Wang Huizhong
Preceded by	Zhao Hongzhu
Governor of Zhejiang
In office August 2011 – December 2012
Party Secretary	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Lü Zushan
Succeeded by	Li Qiang
Personal details
Born	December 1952 (age 63–64) Tianjin, China
Political party	Communist Party of China

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xia.

Xia Baolong (Chinese: 夏宝龙; born December 1952) is a Chinese politician and the current Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang province. Prior to becoming Party Secretary, Xia was Governor of Zhejiang. He also formerly served as vice mayor of Tianjin.^[1] He has a doctoral degree in Economics.^[2]

Career

Xia Baolong was born in Tianjin. In his youth, Xia was an elementary and high school teacher in Hebei and Tianjin, and a grassroots level official of the Communist Youth League. He joined the Communist Party of China in November 1973. He went to complete a degree in Chinese at a Hexi District adult-education college (天津市河西区职工大学) in 1980. Later he rose to the positions of Party Secretary and governor of Hexi District, and then Vice Mayor of Tianjin.^[2] Between 1999 and 2003 he studied political economics at Peking University.

In November 2003, Xia was transferred to Zhejiang to become a Deputy Party Secretary of the province. Xia served under then-Zhejiang Party Secretary Xi Jinping. In August 2011, he became the acting governor of Zhejiang, succeeding Lü Zushan, and was officially elected as Governor in January 2012. On 18 December 2012, he was promoted to Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang, the top political office of the province.^[1]

In 2014, The New York Times and Chinese-language media reported that Xia allegedly issued orders to remove crosses from the Sanjiang Church in the Wenzhou area.^[3]^[4] Wenzhou is considered a centre of Christianity in China.

Xia Baolong was an alternate member of the 15th, 16th, and 17th Central Committees, and is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.^[1]

References

1 2 3 夏宝龙任浙江省委书记. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
1 2 夏宝龙同志简历 [Biography of Xia Baolong] (in Chinese). People's Daily. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
↑ Johnson, Ian (May 29, 2014). "Church-State Clash in China Coalesces Around a Toppled Spire". The New York Times.
↑ "传夏宝龙直接下令拆毁教堂五千基督徒守护". Duowei News. April 2, 2014.

Party political offices
Preceded by Zhao Hongzhu	Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang 2012 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Lü Zushan	Governor of Zhejiang 2011 – 2012	Succeeded by Li Qiang

Provincial-level Committee Secretaries of the Communist Party of China (current)

Municipalities	Beijing: Guo Jinlong Chongqing: Sun Zhengcai Shanghai: Han Zheng Tianjin: Li Hongzhong

Provinces	Anhui: Li Jinbin Fujian: You Quan Gansu: Wang Sanyun Guangdong: Hu Chunhua Guizhou: Chen Min'er Hainan: Luo Baoming Hebei: Zhao Kezhi Heilongjiang: Wang Xiankui Henan: Xie Fuzhan Hubei: Jiang Chaoliang Hunan: Du Jiahao Jiangsu: Li Qiang Jiangxi: Lu Xinshe Jilin: Bayanqolu Liaoning: Li Xi Qinghai: Wang Guosheng Shaanxi: Lou Qinjian Shandong: Jiang Yikang Shanxi: Luo Huining Sichuan: Wang Dongming Yunnan: Chen Hao Zhejiang: Xia Baolong

Autonomous regions	Guangxi: Peng Qinghua Inner Mongolia: Li Jiheng Ningxia: Li Jianhua Tibet: Wu Yingjie Xinjiang: Chen Quanguo

Political leaders of Zhejiang since 1949

CPC Committee Secretaries	Tan Zhenlin Tan Qilong Jiang Hua Long Qian Nan Ping Tan Qilong Tie Ying Wang Fang Xue Ju Li Zemin Zhang Dejiang Xi Jinping Zhao Hongzhu Xia Baolong

People's Congress Chairmen	Tie Ying Li Fengping Chen Anyu Li Zemin Xi Jinping Yu Guoxing Zhao Hongzhu Xia Baolong

Governors	Tan Zhenlin Sha Wenhan Huo Shilian Zhou Jianren Long Qian Nan Ping Tan Qilong Tie Ying Li Fengping Xue Ju Shen Zulun Ge Hongsheng Wan Xueyuan Chai Songyue Xi Jinping Lü Zushan Xia Baolong Li Qiang Che Jun

CPPCC Committee Chairmen	Tan Zhenlin Tan Qilong Jiang Hua Qian Ying Mao Qihua Wang Jiayang Shang Jingcai Liu Feng Li Jinming Zhou Guofu Qiao Chuanxiu

Xi Jinping

Family	Xi Zhongxun (father) Qi Xin (mother) Peng Liyuan (wife) Xi Yuanping (brother) Xi Mingze (daughter)

New Zhijiang Army	Cai Qi Chen Min'er Huang Kunming Lou Yangsheng Bayanqolu Ying Yong Li Qiang Xia Baolong Xi Jinping Office Ding Xuexiang Zhong Shaojun

Policies and theories	Xi–Li Administration Li Keqiang Government Anti-corruption campaign Wang Qishan Chinese Dream Eight Musts Four Comprehensives Confidence doctrine Eight-point Regulation One Belt, One Road Three Stricts and Three Honests Two Centenaries

Events	2012 election as Party general secretary 3rd Plenum of 18th Central Committee 4th Plenum of 18th Central Committee New Gutian Conference 2015 China Victory Day Parade Xi–Chu Summit Xi–Ma Meeting 2017 re-election as Party general secretary

Diplomatic activities	2015 Pakistan visit 2015 United States visit 2015 United Kingdom visit 2015 Vietnam and Singapore visit 2015 Turkey visit 2016 Saudi Arabia and Iran visit

Others	Panama papers (Deng Jiagui) Open Letter asking Xi Jinping to Resign Rhyzodiastes xii

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