He Zhongyou

In this Chinese name, the family name is He.

He Zhongyou (Chinese: 何忠友; pinyin: Hé Zhōngyǒu; born November 1965) is a Chinese politician currently serving as political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and party secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee. He previously served as party secretary of Ürümqi and a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee.

He Zhongyou
何忠友
Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 July 2024
Preceded by	Li Yifei
Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi
In office 13 May 2023 – July 2024
Deputy	Yahefu Paidula (mayor)
Preceded by	Yang Fasen
Succeeded by	Zhang Zhu
Communist Party Secretary of Haikou
In office 5 December 2019 – October 2021
Preceded by	Zhang Qi
Succeeded by	Luo Zengbin
Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee
In office May 2017 – December 2019
Preceded by	Lin Shaochun
Succeeded by	Ye Zhenqin
Vice Governor of Guangdong
In office January 2016 – July 2017
Succeeded by	Huang Ningsheng (黄宁生)
Communist Party Secretary of Heyuan
In office December 2011 – January 2016
Preceded by	Chen Jianhua
Succeeded by	Zhang Wen
Personal details
Born	November 1965 (age 59) Wuwei County, Anhui, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Southwest Jiaotong University London School of Economics University of Massachusetts Boston Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party

He was a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Early life and education

He was born in Wuwei County, Anhui in November 1965.^[2] In September 1984 he was accepted to Southwest Jiaotong University, majoring in computer science.^[2]

Career

After graduating in July 1988, he was assigned to the Guangdong Provincial Communications Department, becoming its Party Branch Secretary in April 2007 and the head in March 2008.^[2] He obtained his Master of Science degree from London School of Economics at the expense of the Communist government in 1996.^[2] In 2000 he was sent to study at the University of Massachusetts Boston as a part-time student.^[2]

In December 2011 he was transferred to Heyuan and appointed Communist Party Secretary there, he concurrently served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress in January 2012. In January 2016 he was promoted to become vice-governor of Guangdong.^[2][3] He was secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee in May 2017, and held that office until December 2019.^[4]

On December 5, 2019, he was appointed CCP committee secretary of Haikou and member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Hainan Provincial Committee, replacing Zhang Qi, who was sacked for graft in September 2019.^[4][5]

In October 2021, he was appointed as a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee. In May 2023, he succeeded Yang Fasen as the Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi.^[6] In August 2024, he replaced Li Yifei as political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and party secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee.^[7]