11 Facts About Wang Sanyun

Wang Sanyun began his political career in Guizhou province, before serving in Sichuan, Fujian, and Anhui provinces.

Wang Sanyun served as the governor of Anhui between 2007 and 2011, and was transferred to Gansu to serve as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary between 2011 and 2017.

Wang Sanyun joined the Chinese Communist Party, a prerequisite for political office, in 1979.

Wang Sanyun successively served as the party chief of Yunyan District, Guiyang, then head of the Communist Youth League provincial organization in Guizhou, then party chief of Liupanshui, then party chief of the provincial capital Guiyang, when he concurrently held a seat on the provincial party standing committee, entering sub-provincial ranks in October 1995 at age 43.

In 1998, Wang was named Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Guizhou; he was transferred in 2001 to take on the same role in Sichuan province, then transferred again to Fujian, again the same office.

Wang Sanyun was appointed Governor of Anhui on January 31,2008; it took him a total of 13 years to ascend from a sub-provincial level office to provincial-level.

In December 2011, Wang Sanyun made the final leap in his political career, becoming the provincial party chief of Gansu.

In February 2013, online images of Wang Sanyun wearing a luxury watch surfaced and spread around the internet.

Wang Sanyun ran into further trouble with the media in March 2016.

Wang Sanyun was expelled from the Communist Party on September 22,2017.

In 2018 it was reported prosecutors alleged Wang Sanyun had accepted bribes from Ye Jianming of CEFC China Energy in 2011.