Shi Taifeng | |
|---|---|
| 石泰峰 | |
 Shi in 2025 | |
| Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2023 | |
| Chairman | Wang Huning |
| Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| Assumed office 2 April 2025 | |
| Deputy | Jiang Xinzhi (Executive) |
| General Secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Li Ganjie |
| Head of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office 27 October 2022 – 2 April 2025 | |
| Deputy | Chen Xiaojiang (Executive) |
| General Secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | You Quan |
| Succeeded by | Li Ganjie |
| President of theChinese Academy of Social Sciences | |
| In office May 2022 – 28 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Xie Fuzhan |
| Succeeded by | Gao Xiang |
| Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia | |
| In office 25 October 2019 – 30 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Li Jiheng |
| Succeeded by | Sun Shaocheng |
| Party Secretary of Ningxia | |
| In office 26 April 2017 – 25 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Li Jianhua |
| Succeeded by | Chen Run'er |
| Governor of Jiangsu | |
| In office 30 December 2015 – 31 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Li Xueyong |
| Succeeded by | Wu Zhenglong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1956 (age 69) Yushe County,Shanxi, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Peking University |
Shi Taifeng (Chinese:石泰峰;pinyin:Shí Tàifēng; born September 1956) is a Chinese politician currently serving as thehead of the Organization Department of theCentral Committee of theChinese Communist Party (CCP) and the first-rankingvice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He is additionally a member of theCCP Politburo and a secretary of theCCP Secretariat.
Originally from Shanxi province, Shi spent part of his career at theCentral Party School. He has served as theDeputy Party secretary ofJiangsu from 2011 to 2015. From 2014 to 2016, he has served as the Party secretary ofSuzhou, and as thegovernor of Jiangsu from 2015 to 2017. He was then moved toNingxia, where he served as the CCP secretary from 2017 to 2019, and later toInner Mongolia, where he served as the CCP secretary from 2019 to 2022. He also briefly served as the President of theChinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2022.
Shi became a member of the Politburo and thehead of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) in 2022. He was further promoted as the first-ranking CPPCC vice chairperson in 2023. In 2025, he was appointed as head of the Organization Department.
Shi Taifeng was born inYushe County, Shanxi, in 1956. During theCultural Revolution he was asent-down youth in his home county, performing manual labour. He then studied machinery at a local college before entering the work force as a factory worker. Following the resumption of theNational College Entrance Exams, Shi was admitted toPeking University and obtained a master's degree in law. There, he was a classmate ofLi Keqiang, who later became the Premier. After graduation, he served as a political instructor at theCentral Party School, where he primarily taught law.[1][2]
He worked as the deputy party chief ofJin County, Hebei, before joining the research office of the Central Party School, then heading the Organization Department of the school. He spent about a year studying abroad at theUniversity of Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 1991.[3] In July 2001, Shi was named vice president of the Central Party School.[3][4]
In 2008, Shi became a member of theStanding Committee of the National People's Congress, a member of the Law Committee of the NPC. In September 2010 he joined theprovincial Party Standing Committee and became head of the Organization Department of the Jiangsu party organization. He subsequently was elevated to deputy party chief ofJiangsu province.[3] In 2012, Shi elected alternate of theCentral Committee of the CCP by the18th CCP National Congress.[3][5]
In June 2014 he began serving concurrently as the party secretary ofSuzhou, an important city on theYangtze River Delta and an area of high concentration for manufacturing and foreign investment. During this time it was said that Shi honed his credentials as 'first-in-charge' of a major city, in preparation for his taking higher office.[6] In December 2015, after a series of consultative meetings, Shi Taifeng was elevated to acting Governor of Jiangsu province, replacingLi Xueyong, who retired due to age. He was duly confirmed as governor by a full session of the provincial People's Congress on January 28, 2016.[1]
In April 2017, Shi was appointed theParty Secretary of Ningxia.[7][8]
In October 2019, Shi was appointed theParty Secretary of Inner Mongolia.[3][9] During his tenure, Shi was in charge of the anti-corruption campaign in Inner Mongolia, with more than 60 senior local officials falling under him.[2] In 2020, Shi also mandated some school subjects should be taught in Mandarin Chinese, rather than Mongolian, leading to theeruption of protests.[2] In November 2020, amidst the protests, Shi visitedXilingol League, saying there was a "major problem" in the promotion of the use of the national curriculum and called on officials to reflect on their mistakes.[10]
In May 2022, he was appointed the president and party secretary of theChinese Academy of Social Sciences, succeedingXie Fuzhan.[11]
Following the 1st Plenary Session of the20th CCP Central Committee, held after the closing day of the20th Party Congress in October 2022, Shi was promoted as a member of the Politburo.[2] On 28 October 2022, Shi was appointedhead of the United Front Work Department, succeedingYou Quan.[2] Shi was elected as the first-ranking vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 10 March 2023.[12] On 11 September, he was chosen as the executive vice president of theChina Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, a body designed to advanceunification with Taiwan; the UFWD director also generally serves as the executive vice president of the council.[13]
In August 2024, Shi made an inspection trip toHong Kong, where he met with Chief ExecutiveJohn Lee Ka-chiu.[14] He also gave a speech to the Overseas Chinese World Conference for Promoting Peaceful Reunification of China held in Hong Kong, saying the "continuous development" ofone country, two systems would play an "important role in realizing the complete reunification of the motherland" with Taiwan.[15] On 2 April 2025,South China Morning Post reported that Shi had succeededLi Ganjie as the head of the Organization Department, while Li replaced Shi as the head of the United Front Work Department.[16]
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Governor of Jiangsu 2015–2017 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia 2019–2022 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Ningxia 2017–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Party Secretary ofSuzhou 2014–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy Party Secretary ofJiangsu 2011–2015 | Succeeded by |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by | President of theChinese Academy of Social Sciences 2022 | Succeeded by |