Currently Deputy Secretary of CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee and Mayor of Tianjin. Joined the CPC in 1984 and entered the workforce in 1985. PhD in Economics. September 1985, graduate, Department of Electronic Engineering, Changchun Institute of Optical Mechanics. Then studied international trade, Department of Management Engineering, East China Institute of Technology. Joined Norinco as Project Manager in charge of complete equipment projects and operation in the Middle East; positions include Assistant to the Chief Representative, Tehran Office; Deputy Director and Director, Middle East Division and Deputy General Manager, International Trade Department; Vice-President, and Party Secretary, Norinco; General Manager, China Wanbao Engineering; President, Norinco, Deputy General Manager and Deputy Party Secretary, Norinco Group. June 2007, Party Secretary and Deputy General Manager, Norinco Group and Vice-Chairman and Chairman, Norinco; then General Manager, Norinco Group. 2013, Deputy Secretary, CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and President, Chongqing Municipal Party School. Dec. 2016, Acting Mayor of Chongqing. Jan. 2017, Mayor of Chongqing. Dec. 2017, Deputy Secretary, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee. January 2018, Mayor of Tianjin. Alternate Member, 17th CPC Central Committee CPC, then Member, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committee. Representative, 18th and 19th National Congress of CPC and Representative, 12th National People's Congress. Sep. 2020, CPC Secretary of Liaoning. Mar. 2023, Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China