Ye Niuping

Ye Niuping
叶牛平
Ye in 2023
Mayor of Xi'an
Assumed office
April 4, 2023
Party SecretaryFang Hongwei
Preceded byLi Mingyuan
Vice Governor of Shaanxi
In office
July 28, 2022 – May 31, 2023
GovernorZhao YideZhao Gang
Party Secretary of Jieyang
In office
May 8, 2019 – May 30, 2020
DeputyZhang Ke (Mayor)
Preceded byLi Shuihua
Succeeded byCai Chaolin
Mayor of Jieyang
In office
December 19, 2017 – August 1, 2019
Party SecretaryLi Shuihua
Preceded byChen Dong
Succeeded byZhang Ke
Personal details
BornDecember 1967 (age 57)
Political partyChinese Communist Party
WebsiteMayor of Xi'an

Ye Niuping (Chinese: 叶牛平; born December 1967) is a Chinese politician who has served as Deputy Communist Party Secretary and Mayor of Xi'an since 2023. He previously served as Vice Governor of Shaanxi Province, Secretary-General of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, and held various positions in Guangdong Province.

Early life and education

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Ye was born in Taihu County, Anqing, Anhui Province, in December 1967. From 1985 to 1989, he studied in the Department of History at Anhui University, majoring in secretarial and archival science. Between 1989 and 1992, he pursued a master's degree in modern Chinese history at Sun Yat-sen University.

Career

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Guangdong Province

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In 1992, Ye joined the Logistics Department of the Guangzhou Military Region, where he worked as a political officer in the Construction Battalion. In June 1993, he became a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). From 1993 to 1994, he served as Director of the Office of the Shenzhen 976 Construction Command under the same department. Between 1994 and 1999, he successively held the positions of Director, deputy director, and Director of the Real Estate Development Department of the Construction Battalion of the Guangzhou Military Region Logistics Department. From 1999 to 2003, he served as Deputy General Manager and then General Manager of the Guangdong Zhongnan Construction and Property Development Corporation.

From 2003 to 2006, Ye held several positions in the Guangzhou University Town Construction Command, including Director of the General Affairs Department, Director of the Planning and Finance Department, and deputy director of the Office. In April 2006, he became Deputy Party Secretary and Acting Mayor of Zengcheng, a county-level city under Guangzhou. In November of the same year, he was elected Mayor of Zengcheng. In 2010, he concurrently served as Deputy Party Secretary and deputy director of the Administrative Committee of Zengcheng Economic and Technological Development Zone.

In October 2012, Ye was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Baiyun District, Guangzhou, and in November of the same year became Acting District Mayor. He also concurrently served as deputy director of the Administrative Committee of Guangzhou Airport Economic Zone and Guangzhou Baiyun Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone. In January 2013, he was officially elected District Mayor.

In September 2015, he was appointed Director and Party Secretary of the Guangzhou Development and Reform Commission.[1] In December 2016, he became Party Secretary of the General Office of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, and in January 2017, Secretary-General and Director of the General Office of the Guangzhou Municipal Government. In July 2017, he was appointed Vice Mayor of Guangzhou.[2]

In December 2017, Ye was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Jieyang and was elected Mayor later that month.[3] In February 2018, he was elected as a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.[4] In May 2019, he was promoted to Secretary of the Jieyang Municipal Party Committee,[5] and in August 2019, he concurrently served as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jieyang Municipal People's Congress.

In June 2020, Ye was appointed Secretary-General and Director of the General Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.[6]

Shaanxi Province

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In July 2022, Ye was transferred to Shaanxi Province and appointed Vice Governor and member of the Provincial Government's Party Leadership Group.[7] In April 2023, he was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Xi'an and Acting Mayor of Xi'an.[8][9] In May 2023, he resigned from the post of Vice Governor of Shaanxi Province,[10] and in June 2023, he was officially elected Mayor of Xi'an.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Guangzhou Development and Reform Commission holds a meeting on special construction funds". National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China. 2016-06-22.
  2. ^ "Ye Niuping appointed Vice Mayor of Guangzhou, Cai Chaolin removed from position". China Economic Net. 2017-07-25.
  3. ^ "Li Shuihua elected Chairman of Jieyang People's Congress, Ye Niuping elected Mayor". China Economic Net. 2017-12-20.
  4. ^ "List of delegates to the 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China". China News Service. 2018-02-25.
  5. ^ "Guangdong CPC announces appointments: Ye Niuping appointed Party Secretary of Jieyang". Xinhua News. 2019-05-07.
  6. ^ "Ye Niuping appointed Secretary-General of Guangdong Provincial Government". China Economic Net. 2020-06-23.
  7. ^ "Wang Lin and Ye Niuping appointed Vice Governors of Shaanxi". China Economic Net. 2022-07-28.
  8. ^ "Ye Niuping appointed member, Standing Committee member, and Deputy Party Secretary of Xi'an Municipal Committee". Shaanxi Party Building Network. 2023-04-04.
  9. ^ "Decision of the Standing Committee of the Xi'an Municipal People's Congress on appointing Ye Niuping as Acting Mayor of Xi'an". Xi'an People's Congress. 2023-04-04.
  10. ^ "Decision of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress on accepting Ye Niuping's resignation as Vice Governor". Shaanxi People's Congress.
  11. ^ "Announcement of the 17th Xi'an People's Congress (No. 8): Election results". Xi'an People's Congress. 2023-06-03.


Preceded by
Li Mingyuan
Mayor of Xi'an
2023–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Liu Xiaotao
Secretary-General of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government
2020–2022
Succeeded by
Chen Min
Preceded by
Chen Dong
Mayor of Jieyang
2017–2019
Succeeded by
Zhang Ke
Preceded by
Li Shuihua
Communist Party Secretary of Jieyang
2019–2020
Succeeded by
Cai Chaolin