Ye Jianchun (Chinese:叶建春; born July 1965) is a Chinese engineer and politician who is the currentgovernor of Jiangxi, in office since 21 October 2021. Previously he served asvice minister of Emergency Management andvice minister of Water Resources.

Ye was born inZhouning County,Fujian, in July 1965. In 1980, he enrolled in East China Water Conservancy Institute (nowHohai University), majoring in water conservancy and hydropower engineering construction, where he graduated in 1984.^{[citation needed]}

In August 1984, he was appointed as an official in Shanghai Survey, Design and Research Institute and over a period of 19 years worked his way up to the position of president. He joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1985.^{[citation needed]}

Beginning in June 2005, he served in several posts in theMinistry of Water Resources, including director of Taihu Lake Basin Authority (2005–2016), director of Finance Division (2016–2017), and vice minister (2017–2021). He also served as secretary-general of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters from 2017 to 2020 andvice minister of Emergency Management from 2018 to 2020.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2021, he was transferred tocentral China'sJiangxi province and appointed deputy party secretary.^[1] In October 2021, he took office as party branch secretary of Jiangxi, becoming the youngest head of the provincial administrative region government in China.^[2][3] On October 21, he was made actinggovernor of Jiangxi.^[4]

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