Meng Fanli

Meng Fanli
Meng Fanli
孟凡利
Communist Party Secretary of Shenzhen
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 April 2022
Deputy	Qin Weizhong
Preceded by	Wang Weizhong
Communist Party Secretary of Baotou
	In office; September 2020 – April 2022
Preceded by	Zhang Yuanzhong [zh]
Succeeded by	TBA
Mayor of Qingdao
	In office; April 2017 – November 2020
Preceded by	Zhang Xinqi
Succeeded by	Zhao Haozhi [zh]
Communist Party Secretary of Yantai
	In office; May 2015 – March 2017
Preceded by	Zhang Jiangting [zh]
Succeeded by	Wang Hao
Personal details
Born	September 1965 (age 59); Linyi County, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shandong University of Finance and Economics; Nankai University; Tianjin University of Finance and Economics

Meng Fanli (Chinese: 孟凡利; pinyin: Mèng Fánlì; born September 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the current party secretary of Shenzhen and deputy party secretary of Guangdong, in office since April 2022. He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Biography

Meng was born in Linyi County (now Linyi), Shandong, in September 1965. In 1982, he entered Shandong University of Finance and Economics, majoring in business accounting. After graduating in 1986, he taught at the university. He received his master's degree in western accounting in 1995 from Nankai University and doctor's degree in accounting in 1998 from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics.

Meng joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1986, and got involved in politics in June 2000, when he was appointed deputy director of Shandong Provincial Department of Finance. In July 2005, he became deputy party secretary of Shandong Luxin Investment Holding Co., Ltd., rising to party secretary in July 2009. In March 2013, he became director of Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce, but having held the position for only three months. He served as mayor of Yantai from 2013 to 2015, and party secretary, the top political position in the city, from 2015 to 2017. It would be his first job as "first-in-charge" of a city. In March 2017, he was promoted to acting mayor of Qingdao, confirmed in April.^[1]

In September 2020, he was transferred to north China's Inner Mongolia, where he was appointed party secretary of Baotou and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Inner Mongolia Regional Committee, the region's top authority.^[2] In November 2021, he became deputy party secretary of Inner Mongolia.

In April 2022, he was dispatched to south China's Guangdong province and appointed party secretary of Shenzhen and deputy party secretary of Guangdong.^[3]

References

^ Gao Zhongye (高忠业) (27 March 2017). 孟凡利被任命为青岛市代市长. qingdao.dzwww.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ Yi Yi (伊一) (29 September 2020). 青岛市长孟凡利调任内蒙古党委常委接替张院忠任包头市委书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (19 April 2021). 孟凡利任广东省委副书记、深圳市委书记. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 April 2021.

Government offices
Preceded by Lü Zaimu [zh]	Director of Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce 2013	Succeeded by Wang Hua (王华)
Preceded by Wang Liang [zh]	Mayor of Yantai 2013–2015	Succeeded by Zhang Yongxia [zh]
Preceded by Zhang Xinqi	Mayor of Qingdao 2017–2020	Succeeded by Zhao Haozhi [zh]
Party political offices
Preceded by Zhang Jiangting [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Yantai 2015–2017	Succeeded by Wang Hao
Preceded by Zhang Yuanzhong [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Baotou 2020–2022	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by Wang Weizhong	Communist Party Secretary of Shenzhen 2022–present	Incumbent

[1] Gao Zhongye (高忠业) (27 March 2017). 孟凡利被任命为青岛市代市长. qingdao.dzwww.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[2] Yi Yi (伊一) (29 September 2020). 青岛市长孟凡利调任内蒙古党委常委接替张院忠任包头市委书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[3] Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (19 April 2021). 孟凡利任广东省委副书记、深圳市委书记. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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