Liu Qi (politician, born 1957)

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Qi^[a] (born September 1957) is a Chinese politician who is currently the secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Liu Qi
刘奇
Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2023
Chairman	Zhao Leji
Preceded by	Yang Zhenwu
Chairman of Jiangxi People's Congress
In office October 2018 – January 2022
Preceded by	Lu Xinshe
Succeeded by	Yi Lianhong
Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi
In office 21 March 2018 – 18 October 2021
Deputy	Yi Lianhong (Governor)
Preceded by	Lu Xinshe
Succeeded by	Yi Lianhong
Governor of Jiangxi
In office 8 July 2016 – 6 August 2018
Preceded by	Lu Xinshe
Succeeded by	Yi Lianhong
Personal details
Born	September 1957 (age 67) Yishui County, Shandong
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Zhejiang University Xi'an Jiaotong University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	刘奇
Traditional Chinese	劉奇
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Qí

Liu previously served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Jiangxi from 2018 to 2021, and as the Governor of Jiangxi from 2016 to 2018. Liu spent most of his career in Zhejiang province.

Career

Liu Qi was born in Yishui County, Shandong. During the Cultural Revolution, Liu became a rusticated youth performing manual labour in Wuyi County. He graduated from Zhejiang University with a degree in chemical engineering, and also has a graduate degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University and a doctorate in economics.

After graduating university, Liu was given a job at a state-owned chemical engineering company in Quzhou, where he rose from a dispatcher to the chief executive. He then took on jobs in the provincial department of petroleum, the provincial planning agency, then at Quzhou-based Juhua Corporation, before entering politics as mayor of Wenzhou, then head of the Zhejiang provincial Development and Reform Commission. During this period he worked directly under then Zhejiang party chief Xi Jinping.

In 2008, Liu was named head of the provincial federation of trade unions, and in January 2011, the mayor of Ningbo.^[1] He succeeded Wang Huizhong to become party chief of Ningbo in April 2013, and was transferred to Jiangxi in 2016. He had only been the deputy party chief of Jiangxi for several months when he was promoted one step further to become acting Governor of Jiangxi in July 2016, confirmed on September 28, 2016.^[2]

On March 21, 2018, Liu was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi.^[3]

On 23 October 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee.^[4]

Notes

1. Chinese: 刘奇; pinyin: Liú Qí

References

1. 刘奇任中共宁波市委书记. People's Daily. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
2. 刘奇履新中共江西省委副书记. People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
3. "四川等3省区党委主要负责同志职务调整-新华网". Xinhua. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
4. 刘家义任第十三届全国人大财经委员会副主任委员. The Paper (in Chinese). 23 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

Government offices
Preceded by Qian Xingzhong	Mayor of Wenzhou 2003–2006	Succeeded by Shao Zhanwei
Preceded by Shi Jiuwu [zh]	Director of Zhejiang Development and Reform Commission 2006–2008	Succeeded by Li Zhihai
Preceded by Mao Guanglie	Mayor of Ningbo 2011–2013	Succeeded by Lu Ziyue
Preceded by Lu Xinshe	Governor of Jiangxi 2016–2018	Succeeded by Yi Lianhong
Party political offices
Preceded by Wang Huizhong	Communist Party Secretary of Ningbo 2013–2016	Succeeded by Tang Yijun
Preceded by Mo Jiancheng	Deputy Party Secretary of Jiangxi 2016	Succeeded by Yao Zengke
Preceded by Lu Xinshe	Party Secretary of Jiangxi 2018–2021	Succeeded by Yi Lianhong
Assembly seats
Preceded by Lu Xinshe	Chairman of Jiangxi People's Congress 2018–2022	Succeeded by Yi Lianhong