Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River,with the Huangpu River flowing through it.
Wu Bangguo was a Chinese politician who served as the second-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012,and as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to 2013.
The Shanghai clique,also referred to as the Shanghai gang,Jiang clique,or Jiang faction,refers to an informal group of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who rose to prominence under former CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin while he served as the party chief and mayor of Shanghai.
Han Zheng is a Chinese politician who since 2023 has served as the vice president of China. He previously served as the first-ranking vice premier of China between 2018 and 2023,and as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between 2017 and 2022.
The Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (CPWDP) is one of the eight minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council,town council,town board,community council,rural council,village council,or board of aldermen.
Ningguo is a county-level city in the southeast of Anhui province,People's Republic of China,under the administration of Xuancheng City and bordering Zhejiang province to the south and east. It has a population of 380,000 and an area of 2,447 km2 (945 sq mi).
Chen Liangyu is a Chinese politician best known for his tenure as the Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai,the city's top office,and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party,from 2002 to 2006.
The 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing,China,at the Great Hall of the People from 15 to 21 October 2007. Congress marked a significant shift in the political direction of the country as CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao solidified his position of leadership. Hu's signature policy doctrine,the Scientific Development Concept,which aimed to create a "Socialist Harmonious Society" through egalitarian wealth distribution and concern for the country's less well-off,was enshrined into the Party Constitution. It was succeeded by the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
Li Yuanchao is a retired Chinese politician. He was the Vice President of China from 2013 to 2018 and the Honorary President of the Red Cross Society of China. He was a member of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party and head of its Organization Department between 2007 and 2012. From 2002 to 2007,Li served as the Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu,the top leader of an area of significant economic development. Between 2007 and 2017,he held a seat for two terms on the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.
Polokwane Municipality is a local municipality within the Capricorn District Municipality,in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It shares its name with the city of Polokwane.
Chen Zhu ForMemRS is a Chinese hematologist and molecular biologist who has served as president of the Red Cross Society of China since 2015.
Ying Yong is a Chinese politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
Yang Xiong was a Chinese politician and business executive who served as Mayor of Shanghai,and prior to that,Chairman of Shanghai Airlines. Yang was a graduate of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with a master's degree in economics.
Yang Xiaodu is a Chinese retired politician who served as the first director of the National Supervisory Commission from 2018 to 2023. He served as a member of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2017 to 2022. From 2014 to 2022,he served as a Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI),the leading anti-graft body of the Chinese Communist Party. He has served in Shanghai and Tibet during his early political career.
Ai Baojun is a former Chinese politician. He was the Vice Mayor of Shanghai and the head administrator of the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone. On November 10,2015,Ai was placed under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency. He was the first provincial-ministerial level official from Shanghai being investigated after the 18th Party Congress in 2012. He is said to be close with Jiang Mianheng,son of former Chinese Communist Party general secretary Jiang Zemin.
Ding Xuexiang is a Chinese politician who is currently the first-ranked vice premier of China and the sixth-ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Liao Guoxun was a Chinese politician who served as mayor and deputy party chief of Tianjin. He was of Tujia ethnicity.
The Shanghai Municipal People's Government is the local administrative agency of Shanghai. It is officially elected by the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and is formally responsible to the SMPC and its Standing Committee. The municipal government is headed by a mayor,currently Gong Zheng. Under the country's Leninist system,the mayor is subordinate to the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
