23 Facts About Chen Min'er

Chen Min'er is a Chinese politician and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party who is serving as the Party Secretary of Tianjin.

Chen Min'er was catapulted to prominence in 2017 in the aftermath of the ouster of Chongqing party secretary Sun Zhengcai, a move that made him well-positioned for further elevation.

Chen Min'er was appointed as the Party Secretary of Tianjin in December 2022.

Chen Min'er was born on 29 September 1960 in Zhuji, Zhejiang.

From 1978 to 1981 Chen Min'er studied Chinese at Shaoxing Normal College in Zhejiang.

Chen Min'er attended a course for instructors of political theory in Zhejiang Provincial Party School from 1982 to 1983.

Chen Min'er became the deputy head of the propaganda department of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee in 1989.

Chen Min'er became the deputy party secretary of Shaoxing County in 1990, and became the county governor in 1991; he further became the Communist Party Secretary in 1994.

Chen Min'er became a member of the Standing Committee of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee in 1996.

In 1997, Chen Min'er was transferred to the neighbouring city of Ningbo to become its vice mayor, becoming a member of the city's Party Standing Committee.

Chen Min'er became the executive vice mayor in 1998 In 1999 he was promoted to deputy party secretary Ningbo.

In December 1999 Chen Min'er was appointed the chief editor of Zhejiang Daily, the official government newspaper of Zhejiang province, and in 2001 he became the Propaganda Chief of the Zhejiang Communist Party Committee.

In January 2012, Chen Min'er was transferred to the southwestern interior province of Guizhou to become its Deputy Party Secretary, and in December he was appointed Acting Governor of Guizhou, succeeding Zhao Kezhi, who had been promoted to Party Secretary.

In July 2015, Chen Min'er was promoted to Party Secretary of Guizhou, becoming only the fourth provincial party-level secretary born after the year 1960.

Chen Min'er led an initiative to set up formal discussions over alleged wrongdoing by officials in the province, personally taking charge of the most serious cases.

Chen Min'er set up over 1,400 working committees in neighbourhoods and rural areas in the province to oversee complaints over routine government services.

In Guizhou, Chen Min'er instituted a program of poverty reduction and invested heavily in making Guizhou a center of innovation for big data.

In July 2017, Chen Min'er was appointed as the Party Secretary of Chongqing municipality, replacing Sun Zhengcai.

Chen Min'er was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee and a full member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Chen Min'er has been portrayed by overseas media as an associate of CCP leader Xi Jinping, and has been named as part of the "New Zhijiang Army".

Chen Min'er was reappointed to the Politburo after the 20th CCP Party Congress in October 2022.

Chen Min'er was appointed as the Party Secretary of Tianjin in December 2022.

Chen Min'er has a daughter, who is married to the son of Si Xinliang.