14 Facts About Wang Zhengwei

Wang Zhengwei is a retired Chinese politician, economist, and expert on Islamic affairs.

Wang Zhengwei served as a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference between 2013 and 2023.

Wang Zhengwei was born in Tongxin County, Ningxia, to a Hui Chinese family.

Wang Zhengwei entered Ningxia University in 1977 and majored in Chinese.

Wang Zhengwei eventually was promoted the head the regional propaganda department and entered the regional party standing committee as a result.

Wang Zhengwei was long involved in Hui ethnic affairs, and has written many papers on the economy and culture of the Hui people.

Wang Zhengwei made a name for himself as a resident expert in the economy of predominantly Islamic states, conducting extensive research on Middle Eastern countries.

In September 2000, Wang Zhengwei was admitted into the Ethnic Affairs Institute of the Minzu University of China where he earned a doctorate studying the economic structure of Muslim countries.

The Financial Times reported in February 2019 that Wang Zhengwei had plagiarised 17 paragraphs from a prior academic work in his doctoral thesis presented in 2003 to the university.

In 2004, Wang Zhengwei became Executive Vice Chairman of the Ningxia regional government, and on May 12,2007 was named acting chairman of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, confirmed in January 2008.

Wang Zhengwei was named a Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, ascending to sub-national ranks.

Wang Zhengwei is an alternate of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 17th and 18th Central Committees.

Wang Zhengwei is the chairman of Ningxia Social Science Association, a member of the Chinese Ethnic Writers Association and a member of the Ningxia Writers Association.

Wang Zhengwei has been criticized by some Han nationalists due to these approaches.