Zheng Xincong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.

Zheng Xincong (Chinese: 郑新聪; born November 1963) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as director of the Macau Liaison Office.

Zheng Xincong
郑新聪
Zheng in 2023
Director of the Macau Liaison Office
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2022
Preceded by	Fu Ziying
Personal details
Born	November 1963 (age 60) Xianyou County, Fujian, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Party School of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	郑新聪
Traditional Chinese	鄭新聰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Xīncōng

He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Zheng was born in Xianyou County, Fujian, in November 1963, and graduated from the Party School of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[3]

Political career

Zheng joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1986.^[3]

Zheng worked in Sanming Cement Plant (now Sanming Building Materials Corporation) for a long time, and eventually becoming party secretary in December 1996.^[3]

Since 1998, Zheng successively served as deputy party secretary and deputy magistrate of Datian County (1998–2001), director of Sanming Municipal Economic and Trade Commission (2001–2003), secretary-general of Sanming Municipal People's Government (2003–2006), deputy director of Fujian Provincial Economic and Trade Commission (2006–2008), general manager and party secretary of Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group (2007–2008), and deputy secretary-general of Fujian Provincial People's Government (2008–2010).^[3]

In July 2010, Zheng became vice mayor of Quanzhou, rising to mayor in February 2013.^[3] He also served as mayor of Ningde from December 2011 to February 2013.^[3] He was party secretary of Quanzhou in June 2015, in addition to serving as chairman of Quanzhou Municipal People's Congress.^[3] He was elevated to vice governor of Fujian in January 2018. He was appointed secretary-general of the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee in May 2019 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.^[4] In April 2021, he succeeded Zhao Long as executive vice governor of Fujian, but having held the position for only three months.^[4]

In July 2021, Zheng was chosen as deputy director of the Macau Liaison Office, and rose to director in May 2022.^[5] He is also the adviser on National Security Affairs to the Committee for the Maintenance of National Security of the Macau Special Administrative Region.^[5]

References

1. Fu Zhongming (符仲明) (25 September 2022). 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
2. Zhao Wenhan (赵文涵) (22 October 2022). （二十大受权发布）中国共产党第二十届中央委员会委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
3. Yi Yi (伊一) (30 August 2018). 郑新聪辞去泉州市人大常委会主任. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
4. Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (29 May 2019). 郑新聪不再担任福建省副省长 此前已任省委常委、秘书长. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
5. Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (30 May 2022). 郑新聪任澳门中联办主任 傅自应不再担任. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.

Government offices
Preceded by Liao Xiaojun	Mayor of Ningde 2012–2013	Succeeded by Sui Jun [zh]
Preceded by Huang Shaoping [zh]	Mayor of Quanzhou 2013–2015	Succeeded by Kang Tao [zh]
Preceded by Zhao Long	Executive Vice Governor of Fujian 2021	Succeeded by Guo Ningning
Preceded by Fu Ziying	Director of the Macau Liaison Office 2022–	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Huang Shaoping [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Quanzhou 2015–2018	Succeeded by Kang Tao [zh]
Preceded by Liang Jianyong [zh]	Secretary-General of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2019–2021	Succeeded by Cui Yonghui