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Mao Weiming (Chinese: 毛伟明, born May 1961) is a Chinese politician, serving since November 2020 as governor of Hunan.
Mao was a delegate to the 11th, 12th and 13th National People's Congress. He was an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Biography
Mao was born in Quzhou, Zhejiang. He graduated from Zhejiang University in 1982, majoring chemical engineering. In September 1985, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He had been served as the Secretary-General of Jiangsu (2013), the Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology (2013–2015), the Executive Deputy Governor of Jiangxi (2015–January 2020), and Chairman of the State Grid Corporation of China (January–November 2020).
In November 2020, Mao was named the Deputy Party Secretary and acting Governor of Hunan. He was elected as the Governor in January 2021.