Wang Shanping | |
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王善平 | |
| Mayor of Ziyang | |
| In office 28 April 2022 – 25 April 2024 | |
| Party Secretary | Yuan Fang [zh] |
| Preceded by | Xu Zhiwen [zh] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1966 (age 59) Dazhu County,Sichuan, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party |
Wang Shanping (Chinese:王善平;pinyin:Wáng Shànpíng; born March 1966) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his entire career in southwest China's Sichuan province. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in April 2024. Previously he served as mayor ofZiyang. He was a delegate to the14th National People's Congress.[1]
Wang was born inDazhu County,Sichuan, in March 1966, the year theCultural Revolution broke out.[2]
Wang got involved in politics in March 1984, and joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1985.[2] He was head of Baijia Township (now Qinghe Town) in November 1988 and subsequentlyparty secretary the next year.[2] In July 1991, he becamedeputy party secretary ofQinghe District, rising to party secretary in February 1994.[2] He was appointed deputy magistrate of Dazhu County in June 1996 and in December 1997 was admitted to member of the CCP Dazhu County Committee, the county's top authority.[2] After five months as deputy party secretary ofXuanhan County in 2002, he was named acting mayor ofWanyuan, confirmed in March 2003.[2] He became party secretary ofKaijiang County and chairman of thePeople's Congress in 2008 before being assigned to the similar position inQu County in 2011.[2] In November 2015, he was chosen as vice mayor ofDazhou, but having held the position for only ten months, than he was appointed deputy director of Sichuan Provincial Poverty Alleviation and Immigration Bureau.[2] He took office as executive vice mayor ofBazhong in December 2018 and was admitted to member of the CCP Bazhong Municipal Committee, thecity's top authority.[2] He took up the post of deputy party secretary of Bazhong in January 2021.[2] He was deputy party secretary ofNanchong in September 2021, and held that office until March 2022, when he was transferred toZiyang and appointed mayor and deputy party secretary.[2][3]
On 25 April 2024, he 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.[2][4]
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Ziyang 2022–2024 | Succeeded by TBA |