Sun Chunlan
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Sun Chunlan (Chinese: 孙春兰; born 24 May 1950) is a retired Chinese politician. She served as the second-ranked Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China and the highest-ranking incumbent female government official until March 2023. Previously, she served as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.
Sun Chunlan | |||||||||
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孙春兰 | |||||||||
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China | |||||||||
In office 19 March 2018 – 11 March 2023 | |||||||||
Premier | Li Keqiang | ||||||||
Head of the United Front Work Department | |||||||||
In office 31 December 2014 – 7 November 2017 | |||||||||
Deputy | Wang Zhengwei Zhang Yijiong (executive) | ||||||||
General secretary | Xi Jinping | ||||||||
Preceded by | Ling Jihua | ||||||||
Succeeded by | You Quan | ||||||||
Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin | |||||||||
In office November 21, 2012 – December 30, 2014 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Zhang Gaoli | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Huang Xingguo (acting) | ||||||||
Communist Party Secretary of Fujian | |||||||||
In office November 2009 – November 2012 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Lu Zhangong | ||||||||
Succeeded by | You Quan | ||||||||
Communist Party Secretary of Dalian | |||||||||
In office 2001–2005 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Bo Xilai | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Zhang Chengyin | ||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||
Born | (1950-05-24) 24 May 1950 (age 73) Shenyang, Dongbei Area, People's Republic of China | ||||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1973–present) | ||||||||
Alma mater | Anshan Industrial Technology College | ||||||||
Occupation | Politician | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 孙春兰 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 孫春蘭 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Sun (surname) Spring-Orchidaceae | ||||||||
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Sun served as the party chief of the coastal city of Dalian and as the First Secretary of All-China Federation of Trade Unions. From 2009 to 2014, Sun served in two prominent regional posts, first as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Fujian province, then of Tianjin, one of China's four direct-controlled municipalities. Her tenure in Fujian made her the second female provincial-level party chief since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 (the first was Wan Shaofen). Between 2014 and 2017, she served as head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.