Wang Yongkang

Wang Yongkang is a Chinese engineer and politician, serving since February 2019 as the Standing Committee member of the CPC Heilongjiang Committee. A doctorate in materials science with a background in China's military manufacturing industry, Wang entered politics in 2001 in the city of Ningbo, working his way up the administrative ladder. He served as the mayor of Yuyao and the mayor and party chief of Lishui, Zhejiang, before being anointed to the Zhejiang provincial party standing committee in 2016. Later he served as the Communist Party Secretary of Xi'an from December 2016 to February 2019.