Wang Dawei | |||||||
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王大伟 | |||||||
| Vice Governor ofLiaoning | |||||||
| In office 24 February 2017 – 1 March 2022 | |||||||
| Governor | Chen Qiufa Tang Yijun Liu Ning Li Lecheng | ||||||
| Head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department | |||||||
| In office 29 March 2013 – 1 March 2022 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Xue Heng | ||||||
| Succeeded by | TBA | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | April 1964 (age 61) Wangkui County,Heilongjiang, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Northeast Forestry University Harbin Institute of Technology | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王大伟 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王大偉 | ||||||
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Wang Dawei (Chinese:王大伟; born April 1964) is a former Chinese politician who served as vice governor ofLiaoning from 2017 to 2022.[1] He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in March 2022.[1]
Wang was born inWangkui County,Heilongjiang, in April 1964.[2] In 1983, he was accepted toNortheast Forestry University, majoring in logging engineering.[2]
Wang joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1984.[2] In 1990, he worked in the State Forestry Investment Corporation after university.[2] In January 1992, he was assigned to the State Economic and Trade Commission (nowNational Development and Reform Commission), where he worked until 1998.[2] In September 1998, he became deputy director of Marketing Department ofChina Unicom, and three months later, he was despatched to theChina Development Research Foundation [zh].[2]
In June 2001, he was transferred to his home-province Heilongjiang and appointed vice mayor ofHarbin, capital of the province.[2] He was appointed secretary of the Harbin Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission in January 2007 and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Harbin Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.[2] In August 2009, he was made deputy head of Heilongjiang Provincial Public Security Department.[2]
In March 2013, he was promoted to become head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department, concurrently serving as vice governor ofLiaoning since February 2017.[3][4]
On 1 March 2022, Wang was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and theNational Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[5] He is the fourth head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department and the eleventh police chief in China caught since the crackdown was launched in 2012, afterLi Feng [zh],Li Wenxi andXue Heng.[5][6][7]
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| Preceded by | Head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department 2013–2022 | Succeeded by TBA |