20 Facts About Cai Qi

Cai Qi is a Chinese politician, who is the current first secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party and the fifth-ranking member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee.

Cai Qi is the serving directors of both the CCP general office and General Secretary's office.

Cai Qi was born in Youxi County, Fujian province on December 5,1955.

Cai Qi attended Fujian Normal University and graduated in 1978 with a degree in political economics.

Cai Qi worked as deputy chief of staff serving provincial leaders, including as secretary to the provincial party secretary.

In September 1996 Cai Qi took on his first major role in local government as the deputy Party secretary and later mayor of the city of Sanming in Fujian province.

Cai Qi was transferred to Zhejiang in May 1999 serving as the deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Quzhou.

Between March 2002 and April 2004 Cai Qi served as Quzhou's party secretary, the top political office of the city.

In November 2013, Cai Qi became the Executive Vice Governor of Zhejiang province.

Cai Qi made the announcement of his change in jobs on his microblog account.

Cai Qi has a doctoral degree in political economics which he obtained from September 1999 to July 2007 at Fujian Normal University.

In March 2014, Cai Qi was said to have been transferred to Beijing to work as the deputy General Office chief of the National Security Commission, a body led by party General Secretary Xi Jinping, though no official announcement was made about this appointment.

On 31 October 2016, Cai Qi was appointed acting mayor of Beijing, replacing Wang Anshun.

In May 2017, Cai Qi was appointed party secretary of Beijing.

Cai Qi's appointment broke nearly all conventions in post-Cultural Revolution political tradition: he was neither a member nor alternate member of the Central Committee, and took on an office that would, under normal circumstances, be accorded Politburo membership.

In June 2017, Cai Qi was appointed President of the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

In June 2020, Cai Qi was appointed to lead the team charged with the elimination of coronavirus in the Xinfadi market.

Cai Qi was awarded the Gold Olympic Order after the 2022 Winter Olympics.

At the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October 2022, Cai Qi was elected to the CCP Secretariat and the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, the top decision-making body.

Cai Qi is known for his extensive use of social media and his unorthodox approach to governance.