Xu Ming (politician, born 1956)

Xu Ming (Chinese: 徐鸣; born May 1956) is a retired Chinese politician who served as vice chairman and deputy party secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[1] A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, he began his career in June 1973 and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1977. Xu graduated from Nanjing University with a degree in Chinese language and literature and later earned a postgraduate degree from the Central Party School.^[2]

Xu began his working life in June 1973 as a sent-down youth in Yunhe Commune, Danyang County. From March 1977 to January 1980, he studied Chinese language and literature in the Department of Chinese at Nanjing University. After graduation, he worked as a staff member in the Office of the Zhenjiang Prefectural Committee and later as an assistant secretary in the General Office of the Zhenjiang Prefectural Government. He became deputy section chief in the Secretariat Division of the Zhenjiang Municipal Government Office in July 1983, and later deputy director of the office in December of that year. In March 1985, he was promoted to deputy secretary-general of the Zhenjiang Municipal Government. In August 1985, Xu was appointed party secretary of Dantu County, and in April 1990 also became chairman of the county's people's congress standing committee.^[2][3]

In December 1990, Xu was transferred to the Communist Youth League, serving as deputy secretary and, from December 1992, secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League. Between September 1995 and July 1996, he attended the one-year training program for young and middle-aged cadres at the Central Party School, and from September 1995 to July 1998 studied law as a part-time postgraduate at the Central Party School Graduate Institute.^[4]

In September 1996, Xu was appointed deputy commander and deputy party secretary of the Nanjing New Airport Construction Headquarters, and vice general manager of Jiangsu Aviation Industry Group. In April 1997, he became vice secretary-general of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, a position he held until August 1999 when he became chairman and party secretary of Jiangsu State Farms Group Co., Ltd., later also serving as general manager.^[5]

In February 2003, Xu was appointed party secretary of Xuzhou, serving until July 2009, during which time he also served as vice governor of Jiangsu from January 2008. He concurrently held the post of party secretary of the Jiangsu State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission from April 2010 to November 2011. From November 2011 to June 2014, he served as vice governor of Jiangsu and continued in the role after becoming a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee in June 2014.^[6] In January 2016, Xu was elected vice chairman and deputy party secretary of the Jiangsu CPPCC, serving until his retirement in January 2018.^[5][5]

Xu was a delegate to the 17th National Congress of the CCP, a deputy to the 12th National People's Congress, a member of the 12th Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Standing Committee, a deputy to the 12th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, and a member of the 11th Jiangsu CPPCC.^[2]