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Wang Xialin | |
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| Chinese: 王霞林 | |
| Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1937 (age 89) Jiangdu County, Jiangsu, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
Wang Xialin (Chinese: 王霞林; born January 1937) is a Chinese politician and propaganda official who served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and head of its Publicity Department. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.[1]
Biography
[edit]Wang Xialin was born in January 1937 in Jiangdu County, Jiangsu Province (now part of Guangling District, Yangzhou). He relocated to Jiangdu (now Jiangdu District of Yangzhou) in 1947. He began working in September 1951 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1956. Wang began his career in agricultural and local administrative work, serving in the Agriculture and Forestry Department of the Northern Jiangsu Administrative Office and later at a nursery in Huaiyin. After 1954, he worked as an assistant secretary to the Agricultural Committee of Nantong County and later as a secretary in the county Party committee office. From 1959, he held leadership roles at the commune level in Nantong County, serving as deputy Party secretary and Party secretary.[2][3]
From 1970 onward, Wang worked in journalism, serving as editor and reporter at the Xinhua Daily. In 1973, he became deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee of the newspaper, as well as deputy editor-in-chief and a member of its Party group.[4] In 1981, he was appointed deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[5]
In December 1989, Wang was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and concurrently served as head of its Publicity Department. He was re-elected to these positions in December 1994. In March 1997, he was elected Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, and in February 1998 he was re-elected to the same post.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ 中共硏究 (in Chinese). 中共硏究雜誌社. 2007. p. 157. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 江苏省志: 外事志 (in Chinese). Jiangsu People's Press. 1999. p. 39. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 江苏省司法志, 1988-2000 (in Chinese). Local Chronicles Publishing House. 2005. p. 52. ISBN 978-7-80192-482-7. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 中國记者 (in Chinese). 新华出版社. 1995. p. 22. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 江苏省志: (上). 中共志 (in Chinese). Jiangsu People's Press. 1999. p. 69. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 人大代表风采录: 甘肃卷 (in Chinese). 中国经济出版社. 2000. p. 103. ISBN 978-7-5017-3720-8. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Political office-holders in Jiangsu
- Ministers of the Publicity Department of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Deputy directors of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress
- Standing members of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party