Han Liming

In this Chinese name, the family name is Han.

Han Liming (Chinese: 韩立明; born September 1964) is a Chinese politician who has been communist party secretary of Nanjing, the top political position in the city, since June 2021.

Han Liming
韩立明
Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2021
Deputy	Xia Xinmin (mayor)
Preceded by	Zhang Jinghua
Mayor of Nanjing
In office October 2019 – June 2021
Party Secretary	Zhang Jinghua
Preceded by	Lan Shaomin
Succeeded by	Xia Xinmin
Personal details
Born	September 1964 (age 60) Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Zhenjiang Normal School Zhenjiang Shipbuilding College Southeast University Party School of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	韩立明
Traditional Chinese	韓立明
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hán Lìmíng

She was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress and is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education

Han was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu, in September 1964. She graduated from Zhenjiang Normal School as well as Zhenjiang Shipbuilding College. She began graduate work at Southeast University in 1997 and the Party School of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Han entered the workforce in August 1984, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1986. She was promoted to be Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Zhonglou District in April 2002, and soon assigned to the similar position in Wujin District in December of that same year. She concurrently held the vice governor position there. She became CCP Deputy Committee Secretary and mayor of Liyang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Changzhou, in December 2005, and then CCP Committee Secretary, the top political position in the city, and also chairperson of Liyang Municipal People's Congress, beginning in January 2009.^{[citation needed]}

She was appointed head of the Organization Department of CCP Nantong Municipal Committee in May 2011, concurrently serving as a member of the standing committee of the CCP Nantong Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. She served as executive vice mayor of Nantong in June 2012, and promoted to the mayor position in January 2016.^{[citation needed]}

She was promoted to be communist party secretary of Taizhou, a neighboring city of Nantong, in April 2018, concurrently holding the chairperson of Taizhou Municipal People's Congress position since January 2019.^[1]

In September 2019, she was transferred to Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, and appointed deputy communist party secretary and director of Management Committee of Jiangbei New Area. She served as mayor from October 2019 to April 2021,^[2][3] and CCP Committee Secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in June 2021. In April 2021, she was promoted to member of the standing committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CCP, the province's top authority.^[4]

References

1. Yao Qian (姚茜) (20 April 2018). 韩立明任江苏省泰州市委书记(图/简历). people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
2. "Han Liming elected mayor of Nanjing". Xinhua. 12 January 2020. Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
3. Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (25 October 2019). 韩立明任代市长 南京再迎女性高官. Caixin (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
4. Hou Chen (后晨) (8 April 2021). 韩立明、赵世勇任省委常委. zgjssw.gov.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 August 2021.

Government offices
Preceded by Zhang Guohua [zh]	Mayor of Nantong 2016–2018	Succeeded by Xu Huimin [zh]
Preceded by Lan Shaomin	Mayor of Nanjing 2019–2021	Succeeded by Xia Xinmin [zh]
Party political offices
Preceded by Qu Futian [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Taizhou 2018–2019	Succeeded by Shi Lijun [zh]
Preceded by Zhang Jinghua	Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing 2021–present	Incumbent