Xu Kunlin

Xu Kunlin is a Chinese politician who is the current Party Secretary of Liaoning, in office since 30 September 2025. Previously he served as the governor of Jiangsu, and the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Suzhou, the largest city in Jiangsu.

Biography

Xu was born in Yongchun County, Fujian, in May 1965. In 1980, he enrolled in Hangzhou Institute of Commerce, majoring in planning statistics, where he graduated in 1984.
After university, in August 1984, he was dispatched to State Administration of commodity Prices, where he worked successively as director of the Department of Price Supervision, director of the Department of Fixed Assets Investment, and deputy secretary-general.
In March 2017, he took office of vice mayor of Shanghai, one of the four direct-administered municipalities of China and one of China's economic centers.
In September 2020, he was transferred to the neighboring Jiangsu province and appointed party secretary of Suzhou, the top political position in the city. And he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Jiangsu Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. On 19 October 2021, he was promoted to acting governor of Jiangsu, replacing Wu Zhenglong.
In September 2025, Xu was appointed as the Party Secretary of Liaoning.