Xu Yousheng

Xu Yousheng
Xu Yousheng
许又声
	Xu in 2020
Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council
	In office; 2018–2022
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Qiu Yuanping [zh]
Succeeded by	Pan Yue
Personal details
Born	August 1957 (age 67); Minqing County, Fujian, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Xiamen University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	许又声
Traditional Chinese	許又聲
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xǔ Yòushēng

Xu Yousheng (Chinese: 许又声; born August 1957) is a Chinese politician. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Xu was born in Minqing County, Fujian, in August 1957.

During the late Cultural Revolution, he was a sent-down youth in his home-county from 1975 to 1977. He worked at Fuzhou Rubber Factory for a year, After resuming the college entrance examination in 1978, he entered Xiamen University, majoring in Chinese language and literature. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1985. After graduating in 1982, he was assigned to the Secretary Bureau of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, where he was eventually prompted to deputy director in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, he was appointed head of the Propaganda Department of the CCP Hunan Provincial Committee and admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Hunan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He became secretary-general of the CCP Hunan Provincial Committee in 2015, but having held the position for one year. In 2016, he was made vice chairman of Hunan Provincial People's Congress.^[3]

In 2017, he was recalled to the original Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council as deputy director, and one year later became director, and concurrently serving as deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Yang Ting (杨婷) (24 October 2017). 十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央委员会委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 May 2022.
^ Yi Yi (伊一) (10 July 2017). 中央国家机关选举产生186名出席党的十九大代表(名单). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 May 2022.
^ Liu Wentao (刘文韬); Huang Xiaohui (黄晓辉) (19 January 2017). 杜家毫当选省人大常委会主任许又声当选副主任. hunan.voc.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 May 2022.

Party political offices
Preceded by Lu Jianping [zh]	Head of the Propaganda Department of the CCP Hunan Provincial Committee 2012–2015	Succeeded by Zhang Wenxiong
Preceded by Han Yongwen [zh]	Secretary-General of the CCP Hunan Provincial Committee 2015–2016	Succeeded by Sheng Ronghua [zh]
Government offices
Preceded by Qiu Yuanping [zh]	Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council 2018–2020	Succeeded by Pan Yue

[1] Yang Ting (杨婷) (24 October 2017). 十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央委员会委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 May 2022.

[2] Yi Yi (伊一) (10 July 2017). 中央国家机关选举产生186名出席党的十九大代表(名单). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 May 2022.

[3] Liu Wentao (刘文韬); Huang Xiaohui (黄晓辉) (19 January 2017). 杜家毫当选省人大常委会主任许又声当选副主任. hunan.voc.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 May 2022.

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