Sheng Qiuping

Sheng Qiuping (Chinese: 盛秋平; born September 1968) is a Chinese politician currently serving as a vice minister of commerce of the People's Republic of China and a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Commerce. He previously served as director of the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province and as mayor and Party secretary of Yiwu.^[1][2]

Sheng Qiuping
盛秋平
Vice Minister of Commerce
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2022
Preceded by	Wang Shouwen
Personal details
Born	September 1968 (age 57) Xinchang County, Zhejiang, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shanghai Institute of Technology

Biography

Sheng was born in September 1968 in Xinchang County, Zhejiang Province. He studied chemical analysis at the Shanghai Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1989, and joined the Chinese Communist Party the same year. After graduation, Sheng began his career at the Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory, serving as deputy head of the Quality Management Section. In 1990, he moved to the Xinchang County Personnel Bureau, where he also served as secretary of the county-level government organs’ Youth League Committee. He later joined the Shaoxing Municipal Tourism Bureau, successively holding the posts of assistant director and deputy director, before becoming deputy director and discipline inspection secretary of the Kuaijishan Tourist Resort Administrative Committee.^[3]

In 2001, Sheng was selected by the Zhejiang provincial government to study at Kean University in the United States, earning a master's degree in public administration. After returning to China, he worked as deputy director of the Shaoxing Economic Development Zone and general manager of the Shaoxing Economic Development and Construction Company. He later served as director of the Shaoxing Investment Service Bureau and concurrently as deputy director of the Shaoxing Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.^[4]

From 2004 to 2006, Sheng served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shaoxing County Party Committee and executive deputy county head. He then became deputy mayor and later mayor of Shengzhou, eventually being promoted to Party secretary in 2011. In the following years, he served as Party secretary of Yongjia County and later as deputy mayor of Jinhua as well as mayor and Party secretary of Yiwu, one of China's most prominent trading cities.^[5][6]

In 2018, Sheng was appointed director and Party secretary of the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province.^[7] He was promoted to assistant minister of commerce in December 2021 and became vice minister in May 2022.^[4]