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Wang Guangtao

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Wang Guangtao
汪光焘
Chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee
In office
March 2008 – March 2013
Preceded byMao Rubai
Succeeded byLu Hao
Minister of Construction
In office
December 2001 – March 2008
PremierZhu Rongji
Wen Jiabao
Preceded byYu Zhengsheng
Succeeded byJiang Weixin
Personal details
BornJune 1943 (age 81)
Shanghai, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materTongji University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese汪光焘
Traditional Chinese王光燾
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWāng Guāngtāo

Wang Guangtao (Chinese: 汪光焘; born June 1943) is a Chinese politician who served as minister of Construction from 2001 to 2008 and chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee from 2008 to 2013. He was a member of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress.

Biography

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Wang was born in Shanghai, in June 1943, while his ancestral home in Xiuning County, Anhui.[1] In 1960, he entered Tongji University, majoring in the Department of Construction.[1] After university in 1965, he became a technician at Xuzhou Urban Construction Bureau (later renamed Xuzhou Urban and Rural Development Commission), and served until 1984.[1] After resuming the college entrance examination in 1978, he received his Master of Engineering degree from Tongji University in 1981.[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1983.[1] He was vice mayor of Xuzhou in 1984, and held that office until 1989.[1]

In December 2001, he was transferred to the Ministry of Construction and appointed director and chief engineer of the Urban Construction Department, that posts he kept until 1995.[1]

In 1995, he was assigned to northeast China's Heilongjiang province and named acting mayor of the capital city Harbin.[1]

He was recalled to Beijing in 1998 and was chosen as vice mayor, a position he held until November 2001.[1] He became minister of Construction in December 2001, and served until March 2008, when he took office as chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 简历：部委领导汪光焘. Sohu (in Chinese). 18 February 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ Guo Suping (郭素萍) (28 December 2016). 原建设部部长汪光焘：有序培育住房租赁市场. china.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ Wang Qing (王卿) (23 February 2007). 建设部部长汪光焘：城乡规划不科学将贻害子孙. enorth.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Construction
2001–2008 		Succeeded by
Assembly seats
Preceded by Chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee
2008–2013 		Succeeded by
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