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Wang Jiarui | |
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| 王家瑞 | |
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| Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office March 2003 – November 2015 | |
| General Secretary | Hu Jintao Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Dai Bingguo |
| Succeeded by | Song Tao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1949 (age 75) Qinhuangdao,Hebei,China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Shanghai Maritime University |
Wang Jiarui (Chinese:王家瑞; born September 1949) is a Chinese politician and senior diplomat who served as the Vice Chairman of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2013 to 2018.[1] He served ashead of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party from 2003 to 2015.[2]
Born inQinhuangdao,Hebei, Wang started working in June 1970, and joined theChinese Communist Party in October 1973. From June 1970 to April 1972, he was a postman and accountant at aChangchun post office inJilin. From April 1972 to October 1973 he studied international postEnglish at the ocean department ofShanghai Maritime University. He then returned to Changchun and served as a specialist of international mail. He was promoted in April 1974 to vice section chief of the post office. From September 1976 to April 1978, he worked in the Jilin provincial bureau of post and telecommunications management, in charge of post business. In April 1978, he became the vice section chief ofnewspaper issuing at the bureau. In November 1980, he became the vice section chief of posts in that bureau. He was appointed to be the vice head of the Changchun postal bureau in April 1982.
In October 1985, Wang entered the national Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and became vice director and later, director of the bureau of newspaper issuing. During that time, from September 1983 to July 1987, he simultaneously completed a degree atJilin University, majoring in nationaleconomic management. In July 1992, he was elevated to the position of vice director of the business bureau of the Economics and Trade Office of theState Council. From June 1993 to December 1994, he served as the vice director of the general bureau of theMinistry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation (MOFTEC). From September 1988 to December 1994, he pursued postgraduate degrees in the School of Economics Management of Jilin University and obtained a master's degree and a doctorate. From December 1994 to August 1995 he was the director of the market circulation bureau ofMOFTEC.
In August 1995, Wang was transferred toQingdao,Shandong Province. His posts there included standing committee member of the CPC Qingdao Municipal committee as well as vice mayor and vice Party chief of the city. In February 1998, he became the mayor of Qingdao as well as the vice Party chief. During that period, he completed post-doctoral research inindustrial economics at the School of Management ofFudan University and also studied at theCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party from March to May 2000. In September 2000, he was appointed the vice director of theInternational Department of the Chinese Communist Party, and began serving as director in March 2003. During his term as the head of the International Department, Wang was mainly in charge of liaising with other Communist states, such as North Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba.
In 2009, he traveled toPyongyang to meet with leaders regarding diplomatic issues of the Korean peninsula.[3][4]
He was an alternate member of the16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, a member of the17th Central Committee, and of the18th Central Committee.
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| Preceded by | Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party 2003–2015 | Succeeded by |
