Yuan Rongxiang
Yuan Rongxiang, was born in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. He was formerly the deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress.
Biography
He became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in March 1978 and commenced his professional career in January 1981. He possesses a postgraduate degree from the Central Party School and is a qualified accountant. Yuan previously held the position of vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress.Yuan attended the Jinhua Agricultural School in Zhejiang from 1978 to 1981. From 1981 to 1987, he was employed at the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture, the General Office of the Provincial Government, and thereafter served as a secretary at the General Office of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress. During this time, he engaged in part-time political studies at the Provincial Workers' Political University. He subsequently held the positions of Deputy Section-Level Secretary at the People’s Congress Office and Deputy Director of the Agricultural Finance Division at the Provincial Department of Finance. From 1991 to 1992, he served as Director of the same division, whilst pursuing accounting studies at Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics and briefly occupying a temporary position as Deputy Director of the Lishui Regional Finance and Taxation Bureau.
In 1992, Yuan assumed the role of deputy party secretary and interim mayor of Longquan, subsequently serving as mayor. In 1994, he rejoined the Provincial Department of Finance and later held the position of Deputy Director of the Provincial Local Taxation Bureau. From 1997 to 1999, he had leadership positions in Huzhou, Zhejiang, specifically as executive vice mayor and party secretary. In Zhejiang, he served as a delegate to the 12th and 13th Provincial People’s Congresses.
In 1999, he was assigned to Longyan, Fujian Province, where he held the positions of Deputy Party Secretary, interim Mayor, and subsequently Mayor. He served as Party Secretary of Zhangzhou from 2002 until 2005. From 2005 until 2011, Yuan was a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee and served as Party Secretary of Fuzhou, while also holding the position of Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People’s Congress.。
From 2011 until 2014, he held the position of head of the Publicity Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In 2014, he resumed his position in Zhejiang as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress, which he maintained until 2018.
Yuan served as a delegate to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He served as a deputy to the 9th National People’s Congress, a delegate to the 7th and 8th Party Congresses of Fujian Province, and a representative to the 10th and 11th Provincial People’s Congresses.