Chen Jianhua

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Jianhua
陈建华
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10th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou People's Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 January 2016
Preceded by	Zhang Guifang
16th Mayor of Guangzhou
In office 20 December 2011 – 25 January 2016
Preceded by	Wan Qingliang
Succeeded by	Wen Guohui
Personal details
Born	March 1956 (age 68) Lufeng, Guangdong
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Residence	Guangzhou, Guangdong
Occupation	Politician
Ethnicity	Han Chinese

Chen Jianhua (Chinese: 陈建华; pinyin: Chén Jiànhuá; born March 1956) is the current Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou People's Congress in the People's Republic of China. He was served as mayor of Guangzhou. Chen was appointed acting mayor on 20 November 2011 following the resignation of Wan Qingliang. He was elected mayor on 11 January 2012.

Chen was born in Lufeng, Guangdong. He was at one point secretary to Guangdong party chief Xie Fei. He served as the party chief of Conghua while a member of the Guangzhou municipal Party Standing Committee, then head of the propaganda department of the Guangzhou party committee. He was then named party chief of Heyuan, before taking over as mayor of Guangzhou in 2011. On 26 January 2016, Chen Jianhua was elected the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou People's Congress.

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Political offices
Preceded by Zhang Guifang	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou People's Congress 2016 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Wan Qingliang	Mayor of Guangzhou 2011 – 2016	Succeeded by Wen Guohui