Fang Hongwei

In this Chinese name, the family name is Fang.

Fang Hongwei (Simplified Chinese: 方红卫; Traditional Chinese: 方紅衛; born June 1966) was a Chinese politician and entrepreneur from Fuping, Shaanxi. He graduated from the Department of Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua University. He previously served as Chairman of Shaanxi Automobile Group, Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary, Mayor, and Party Secretary of Hanzhong, Party Secretary of Shaanxi, and Party Secretary Xi’an.

Fang Hongwei 方红卫 方紅衛
Party Secretary of Xi’an
In office November 7, 2021 – November 7, 2025
Deputy	Li Mingyuan Ye Niuping (Mayor)
Preceded by	Wang Hao
Succeeded by	TBA
Secretary-General of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee
In office May 27, 2021 – November 7, 2021
Party Secretary	Liu Guozhong
Preceded by	Lu Jianjun
Succeeded by	Li Chunlin
Party Secretary of Hanzhong
In office July 16, 2020 – June 23, 2021
Deputy	Zhong Hongjiang (Mayor)
Preceded by	Wang Jianjun
Succeeded by	Zhong Hongjiang
Mayor of Hanzhong
In office February 9, 2017 – January 18, 2021
Party Secretary	Wang Jianjun
Preceded by	Wang Jianjun
Succeeded by	Zhong Hongjiang
Personal details
Born	June 1966 (age 59) Fuping, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
Party	China Communist Party
Alma mater	Tsinghua University (BA) Northwestern Polytechnical University (MA) Chang’an University (PhD)

In November 2025, Fang was placed under disciplinary review and investigation for serious violations of discipline and law.

Biography

Fang graduated in 1989 from the Department of Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua University, majoring in Automobile Engineering. After graduation, he joined Shaanxi Automobile Group, where he served successively as General Manager (2002), Chairman (2008), and Chairman of Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group (2012).

In April 2015, he was transferred to Baoji, serving as Vice Mayor and Member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Baoji Municipal Committee.

In July 2016, he was transferred to Executive Vice Mayor of Weinan and Member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Weinan Municipal Committee.

In January 2017, Fang was appointed Deputy Secretary of the CCP Hanzhong Municipal Committee and Party Secretary of the Municipal Government Leadership Group; the following month, he was elected Mayor of Hanzhong.

In February 2018, he was elected a Deputy to the 13th National People’s Congress^[1] He became Secretary of the CCP Hanzhong Municipal Committee in July 2020.^[2]

In May 2021, he was promoted to Member of the Standing Committee and appointed as the Secretary-General of the CCP Shaanxi Provincial Committee.^[3]

In November 2021, He was appointed as Secretary of the CCP Xi’an Municipal Committee.^[4]

Downfall

On November 7, 2025, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of CCP and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Fang Hongwei was under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law.^[5]