Liu Qi | |||||||
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刘奇 | |||||||
| Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |||||||
| Assumed office 10 March 2023 | |||||||
| Chairman | Zhao Leji | ||||||
| Preceded by | Yang Zhenwu | ||||||
| Party Secretary of Jiangxi | |||||||
| In office 21 March 2018 – 18 October 2021 | |||||||
| Deputy | Yi Lianhong (Governor) | ||||||
| Preceded by | Lu Xinshe | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Yi Lianhong | ||||||
| Chairman of Jiangxi People's Congress | |||||||
| In office October 2018 – January 2022 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Lu Xinshe | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Yi Lianhong | ||||||
| Governor of Jiangxi | |||||||
| In office 8 July 2016 – 6 August 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Lu Xinshe | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Yi Lianhong | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | September 1956 (age 69) | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Zhejiang University Xi'an Jiaotong University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘奇 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉奇 | ||||||
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Liu Qi[a] (born September 1956) is a Chinese politician who is currently thesecretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
Liu previously served as theChinese Communist Party Committee Secretary ofJiangxi from 2018 to 2021, and as the Governor of Jiangxi from 2016 to 2018. Liu spent most of his career inZhejiang province.
Liu Qi was born inYishui County, Shandong. During theCultural Revolution, Liu became arusticated youth performing manual labour inWuyi County. He graduated fromZhejiang University with a degree inchemical engineering, and also has a graduate degree fromXi'an Jiaotong University and a doctorate in economics.
After graduating university, Liu was given a job at a state-owned chemical engineering company inQuzhou, where he rose from a dispatcher to the chief executive. He then took on jobs in the provincial department of petroleum, the provincial planning agency, then at Quzhou-based Juhua Corporation, before entering politics as mayor ofWenzhou, then head of the Zhejiang provincial Development and Reform Commission. During this period he worked directly under then Zhejiang party chiefXi Jinping.
In 2008, Liu was named head of the provincial federation of trade unions, and in January 2011, the mayor ofNingbo.[1] He succeededWang Huizhong to become party chief of Ningbo in April 2013, and was transferred to Jiangxi in 2016. He had only been the deputy party chief of Jiangxi for several months when he was promoted one step further to become acting Governor of Jiangxi in July 2016, confirmed on September 28, 2016.[2]
On March 21, 2018, Liu was appointed as theParty Secretary of Jiangxi.[3]
On 23 October 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of theNational People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee.[4]
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by Qian Xingzhong | Mayor ofWenzhou 2003–2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Director of Zhejiang Development and Reform Commission 2006–2008 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Mayor of Ningbo 2011–2013 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Governor of Jiangxi 2016–2018 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Party Secretary ofNingbo 2013–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy Party Secretary ofJiangxi 2016 | Succeeded by Yao Zengke |
| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Jiangxi 2018–2021 | Succeeded by |
| Assembly seats | ||
| Preceded by Lu Xinshe | Chairman of Jiangxi People's Congress 2018–2022 | Succeeded by |