Wang Anshun

Wang Anshun
王安顺
Mayor of Beijing
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 July 2012 Acting until 28 January 2013
Preceded by	Guo Jinlong
Personal details
Born	December 1957 (age 66)
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Nankai University

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

Wang Anshun (Chinese: 王安顺; born December 1957) is a politician of the People's Republic of China and the Mayor of Beijing. A native of Huixian, Henan Province, Wang is a graduate of Nankai University in Tianjin and has a master's degree in economics.

Career

Wang Anshun joined the Communist Party of China in March 1984. He worked in the petroleum industry and was in charge of oil exploration in northeastern Jilin Province. From July 1999 to September 2001, he worked in the Communist Party Committee of Gansu Province, in charge of party organization. Wang was transferred to Shanghai in September 2001, and, in April 2003, he was promoted to the position of deputy party chief of Shanghai. In March 2007, he was transferred to the same position in Beijing, and, in January 2011, he additionally became chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference of Beijing.

In July 2012, Wang's predecessor Guo Jinlong resigned from his position as Mayor of Beijing, and Wang Anshun was appointed vice mayor and acting mayor. On 28 January 2013, he was elected Mayor of Beijing by the Municipal People's Congress.

Wang is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

References

Political offices
Preceded by Guo Jinlong	Mayor of Beijing July 2012 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Yang Anjiang	Chairman of the Beijing People's Political Consultative Conference 2011 – 2013	Succeeded by Ji Lin