Yuan Jiajun

Yuan Jiajun
Yuan Jiajun
袁家军
	Yuan in 2019
Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 December 2022
Deputy	Hu Henghua (Mayor)
Preceded by	Chen Min'er
Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang
	In office; 1 September 2020 – 7 December 2022
Deputy	Zheng Shanjie → Wang Hao (Governor)
Preceded by	Che Jun
Succeeded by	Yi Lianhong
Governor of Zhejiang
	In office; 28 April 2017 – 4 September 2020
Preceded by	Che Jun
Succeeded by	Zheng Shanjie
Personal details
Born	27 September 1962 (age 61); Tonghua, Jilin, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	袁家军
Traditional Chinese	袁家軍
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuán Jiājūn

Yuan Jiajun (Chinese: 袁家军; born 27 September 1962) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and politician who is serving as Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Before his political career, Yuan was best known for his role as chief designer of the Shenzhou spacecraft, which carries Chinese taikonauts into space.

Life and career[edit]

Yuan was born in Tonghua, Jilin. In September 1980, Yuan graduated from Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, majoring in aircraft design and applied mechanics. In July 1984 he joined the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. After graduation, he worked as a graduate research student. He studied abroad at the German Aerospace Center, returning to China in August 1990 to work for the "501 office". He ascended the ranks of the ministry steadily, taking on increasingly senior administrative roles. In April 2000, he was named commander of the Shenzhou crewed spaceflight program. Thereafter he gained a doctorate from his alma mater, now renamed Beihang University.

Yuan became vice-president of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in November 2007, and became involved in the Lunar Mission and the join Chinese-Russian mission to explore Mars. He became involved in politics in 2012, joining the party standing committee in Ningxia, and becoming vice-chairman of Ningxia in 2013, and overseeing the operations of the Ningdong Energy and Chemical Operations Industry Base (宁东能源化工基地). In August 2014, Yuan was named a party standing committee member of the prosperous coastal Zhejiang province, then assumed the post of executive vice governor.^[1]

In November 2016, Yuan was named deputy party chief of Zhejiang and head of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Zhejiang.^[2] In April 2017, Yuan was appointed as acting governor of Zhejiang; he was confirmed on July 7.^[3]

On 31 August 2020, Yuan was appointed as the CPC Secretary of Zhejiang.^[4]

On 8 December 2022, Yuan was appointed as the CPC Secretary of Chongqing, succeeding Chen Min'er. ^[5]

Yuan has received numerous awards for his work in the Chinese Space Program.

Yuan was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 19th Central Committee.

References[edit]

^ "航天少帅"袁家军转任浙江省委常委、常务副省长. caixin.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
^ 袁家军不再担任浙江省副省长. thepaper. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
^ 袁家軍任浙江省副省長、代省長，此前擔任浙江省委副書記. thepaper. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
^ 辽宁浙江省委主要负责同志职务调整. Xinhua. 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
^ 重庆市委主要负责同志职务调整. Xinhua. 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-09.

Party political offices
Preceded by Chen Min'er	Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing 2022–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Che Jun	Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang 2020–2022	Succeeded by Yi Lianhong
Preceded by Wang Huizhong	Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the CCP Zhejiang Provincial Committee 2016–2017	Succeeded by Xu Jia'ai [zh]
Preceded by Wang Huizhong	Deputy Party Secretary of Zhejiang 2016–2017	Succeeded by Tang Yijun
Preceded by Zhao Xiaoping [zh]	Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base 2012–2014	Succeeded by Zhang Chaochao [zh]
Government offices
Preceded by Che Jun	Governor of Zhejiang 2017–2020	Succeeded by Zheng Shanjie
Preceded by Cai Qi	Executive Vice Governor of Zhejiang 2014–2016	Succeeded by Feng Fei
Preceded by Zhang Chaochao [zh]	Executive Vice Chairman of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 2013–2014	Succeeded by Liu Hui
Assembly seats
Preceded by Che Jun	Chairman of Zhejiang People's Congress 2020–2022	Succeeded by Yi Lianhong

[1] "航天少帅"袁家军转任浙江省委常委、常务副省长. caixin.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.

[2] 袁家军不再担任浙江省副省长. thepaper. Retrieved 2016-11-03.

[3] 袁家軍任浙江省副省長、代省長，此前擔任浙江省委副書記. thepaper. Retrieved 2017-04-28.

[4] 辽宁浙江省委主要负责同志职务调整. Xinhua. 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2020-09-01.

[5] 重庆市委主要负责同志职务调整. Xinhua. 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-09.

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v t e 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022–2027)
Standing Committee	Xi Jinping (General Secretary) Li Qiang Zhao Leji Wang Huning Cai Qi Ding Xuexiang Li Xi
Other members in surname stroke order	Ma Xingrui Wang Yi Yin Li Shi Taifeng Liu Guozhong Li Ganjie Li Shulei Li Hongzhong He Weidong He Lifeng Zhang Youxia Zhang Guoqing Chen Wenqing Chen Jining Chen Min'er Yuan Jiajun Huang Kunming
7th→8th→9th→10th→11th→12th→13th→14th→15th→16th→17th→18th→19th→20th

v t e Provincial-level Committee Secretaries of the Chinese Communist Party (current)
Municipalities	Beijing: Yin Li^PB Chongqing: Yuan Jiajun^PB Shanghai: Chen Jining^PB Tianjin: Chen Min'er^PB
Provinces	Anhui: Han Jun Fujian: Zhou Zuyi Gansu: Hu Changsheng Guangdong: Huang Kunming^PB Guizhou: Xu Lin Hainan: Feng Fei Hebei: Ni Yuefeng Heilongjiang: Xu Qin Henan: Lou Yangsheng Hubei: Wang Menghui Hunan: Shen Xiaoming Jiangsu: Xin Changxing Jiangxi: Yin Hong Jilin: Jing Junhai Liaoning: Hao Peng Qinghai: Chen Gang Shaanxi: Zhao Yide Shandong: Lin Wu Shanxi: Tang Dengjie Sichuan: Wang Xiaohui Yunnan: Wang Ning Zhejiang: Yi Lianhong
Autonomous regions	Guangxi: Liu Ning Inner Mongolia: Sun Shaocheng Ningxia: Liang Yanshun Tibet: Wang Junzheng Xinjiang: Ma Xingrui^PB
^PB Member of the Politburo ♀ female

v t e Political leaders of Chongqing since 1949
Party Committee Secretaries	Chen Xilian Zhang Linzhi Cao Diqiu Yan Hongyan Ren Baige Lan Yinong Duan Siying He Yunfeng Lu Dadong Qian Min Ding Changhe Wang Qian Liao Bokang Xiao Yang Sun Tongchuan Zhang Delin* He Guoqiang Huang Zhendong Wang Yang Bo Xilai Zhang Dejiang Sun Zhengcai Chen Min'er Yuan Jiajun
Congress Chairpersons	Wang Yunlong Huang Zhendong Chen Guangguo Zhang Xuan Wang Jiong
Mayors	Chen Xilian Cao Diqiu Ren Baige Lan Yinong Duan Siying He Yunfeng Lu Dadong Qian Min Ding Changhe Yu Hanqing Xiao Yang Sun Tongchuan Liu Zhizhong Pu Haiqing Bao Xuding* Wang Hongju Huang Qifan Zhang Guoqing Tang Liangzhi Hu Henghua
Conference Chairpersons	Zhang Wenbin Liu Zhizhong Xing Yuanmin Xu Jingye Xu Songnan Wang Jiong Tang Fangyu
* First office-holder after Chongqing became a direct-controlled municipality

v t e Political leaders of Zhejiang since 1949
Party Committee Secretaries	Tan Zhenlin Tan Qilong Jiang Hua Long Qian Nan Ping Tan Qilong Tie Ying Wang Fang Xue Ju Li Zemin Zhang Dejiang Xi Jinping Zhao Hongzhu Xia Baolong Che Jun Yuan Jiajun Yi Lianhong
Congress Chairpersons	Tie Ying Li Fengping Chen Anyu Li Zemin Xi Jinping Yu Guoxing Zhao Hongzhu Xia Baolong Che Jun Yuan Jiajun Yi Lianhong
Governors	Tan Zhenlin Sha Wenhan Huo Shilian Zhou Jianren Long Qian Nan Ping Tan Qilong Tie Ying Li Fengping Xue Ju Shen Zulun Ge Hongsheng Wan Xueyuan Chai Songyue Xi Jinping (acting) Lü Zushan Xia Baolong Li Qiang Che Jun Yuan Jiajun Zheng Shanjie Wang Hao
Conference Chairpersons	Tan Zhenlin Tan Qilong Jiang Hua Tie Ying Mao Qihua Wang Jiayang Shang Jingcai Liu Feng Li Jinming Zhou Guofu Qiao Chuanxiu Ge Huijun Huang Lixin Lian Yimin