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17 Facts About Ren Xuefeng

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Ren Xuefeng was a Chinese politician and business executive.

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Ren Xuefeng was transferred to Guangdong province in 2014, where he served as Communist Party Secretary of Guangzhou and Deputy Party Secretary of Guangdong.

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Ren Xuefeng was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Chongqing in October 2018, but died in office a year later at age 54.

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Ren Xuefeng was born on 26 October 1965 in Xingtai, Hebei, China.

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Ren Xuefeng joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1985.

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Ren Xuefeng graduated from Hebei University of Technology in 1988 with a degree in organic chemical engineering.

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Ren Xuefeng later studied at Nankai University Business School on a part-time basis, earning a Doctor of Business Administration degree in 1998.

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Ren Xuefeng subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the university from 1999 to 2001.

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From 1995 to 2002, Ren Xuefeng was the chief executive of the Tianjin New Technology Industrial Park, the predecessor of Binhai New Area.

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Ren Xuefeng served as Vice Mayor of Tianjin from 2008 to 2014.

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Ren Xuefeng replaced Wan Qingliang, who had been dismissed for corruption, and became the first person from outside Guangdong to serve as the top leader of its capital in 33 years.

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In February 2017, Ren Xuefeng was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Guangdong.

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Ren Xuefeng left his post as party chief of Guangzhou in July 2018, after four years on the job.

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Ren Xuefeng was transferred out of Guangdong in October 2018 and appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Chongqing municipality, the No 3 official behind Party Secretary Chen Min'er and Mayor Tang Liangzhi.

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Ren Xuefeng was an alternate member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.

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On 24 October 2019, Ren Xuefeng met with Sylvain Laurent, the Asia-Pacific region CEO of the French software company Dassault Systemes, in Chongqing.

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Two days later, government media in Chongqing reported that Ren Xuefeng had "recently died of an illness", aged 54.