Lin Shaochun

Lin Shaochun (Chinese: 林少春; born May 1962) is a Chinese politician who currently serves as Executive Vice Chairman and Deputy Party Secretary of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He formerly held various positions in Guangdong Province, including Executive Vice Governor and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Guangdong Provincial Committee.^[1]

Lin Shaochun
林少春
Executive Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Inner Mongolia
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2022
Personal details
Born	May 1962 Shantou, Guangdong, China
Nationality	China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Education	Master of Economics
Alma mater	Wuhan Institute of Geology (now China University of Geosciences)
Occupation	Politician

Biography

Guangdong

Lin was born in Shantou, Guangdong Province, in May 1962. He began his studies at Wuhan Institute of Geology (now China University of Geosciences) in 1978, majoring in geophysical prospecting for metal and non-metal mineral resources, and graduated in 1982. That same year, he began working at the Guangzhou Institute of New Geological Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.^[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party in February 1988. From 1985 to 1988, he worked at the Guangzhou Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He later moved into government work, starting at the Guangdong Provincial Department of Supervision, where he rose from deputy section chief to section chief. During this period, he also pursued legal studies at Beijing Humanities Correspondence University.^[3]

In 1992, Lin transferred to the General Office of the Guangdong Provincial Government as a section-level secretary. Between 1993 and 1995, he was seconded to the Huizhou Daya Bay Development Zone, where he served as deputy director and executive vice general manager of the Daya Bay Group. He obtained a master's degree in economics from Sun Yat-sen University while working in government.^[2]

Lin rose through the ranks of the provincial government office, becoming deputy director in 2000 and vice secretary-general of the provincial government in 2002. In 2004, he was transferred to Yangjiang as the deputy party secretary and acting mayor, becoming mayor later that year. He was promoted to party secretary of Yangjiang in 2008 and also served as chairman of the municipal people's congress.^[4]

In 2012, he was appointed Vice Governor of Guangdong Province. Three years later, in 2015, he became a member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and head of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. He later became Executive Vice Governor and Deputy Party Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.^[5]

Inner Mongolia

In 2019, Lin was transferred to Inner Mongolia, where he served as Deputy Party Secretary and head of the region's political and legal affairs committee.^[6] In 2022, he was appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.^[7]

Lin is a delegate to the 14th National People's Congress and also a representative in the 14th People's Congress of Inner Mongolia.^[6]