Zhao Long

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhao.

Zhao Long (Chinese: 赵龙; born September 1967) is a Chinese politician who is the current governor of Fujian, in office since 22 October 2021.

Zhao Long
赵龙
Zhao in 2021
Governor of Fujian
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 October 2021
Party Secretary	Yin Li Zhou Zuyi
Preceded by	Wang Ning
Personal details
Born	September 1967 (age 57) Panjin, Liaoning, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Renmin University of China Beijing University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	赵龙
Traditional Chinese	趙龍
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhào Lóng

Biography

Zhao was born in Panjin, Liaoning, in September 1967. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1988. After graduating from the Renmin University of China in 1989, he was despatched to the National Land Administration, which was reshuffled as the Ministry of Land and Resources in 1998 and Ministry of Natural Resources in 2018. He moved up the ranks to become vice minister in June 2016, a position at vice-ministerial level.^[1]

In July 2020, he was appointed vice governor of southeast China's Fujian province and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In January 2021, he took office as party secretary of Xiamen, replacing Hu Changsheng, who was promoted to governor of Heilongjiang.^[2] On 22 October, he rose to become the acting governor of Fujian, becoming the youngest head of provincial administrative region government in China.^[3] On 25 January 2022, he was elected as the governor of Fujian.^[4]

References

1. 自然资源部15名领导班子公布 陆昊任部党组书记、部长. Sohu (in Chinese). 29 March 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
2. Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文); Han Yuting (韩雨亭) (29 January 2021). 福建省委常委、常务副省长赵龙任厦门市委书记. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
3. Meng Yaxu (孟亚旭) (22 October 2021). 全国最年轻省级政府一把手！赵龙任福建省代省长. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
4. "赵龙当选福建省省长". Xinhua.net. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

Government offices
Preceded by Zhang Zhinan	Executive Vice Governor of Fujian 2020–2021	Succeeded by Zheng Xincong
Preceded by Wang Ning	Governor of Fujian 2021–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Hu Changsheng	Communist Party Secretary of Xiamen 2021	Succeeded by Cui Yonghui