Hu Zhongxiong

Hu was born in Li County, Hunan, in January 1966. He entered Hunan Normal University in 1982, majoring in the Department of Politics. After graduating in 1986, he was admitted to Southwest University of Political Science & Law, earning a master's degree in law in 1989.

Hu joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1985. After university, he taught at Hunan Economic Management Cadre College for several years before becoming involved in politics in June 1995, when he was appointed director of Management Committee of Phoenix Park Economic and Technological Development Zone.

He was deputy secretary of Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China in January 1997, and held that office until April 2002. He then worked in Yiyang, holding positions as deputy party secretary (2002–2015), mayor (2011–2015), and party secretary (2015–2016).[1] In December 2016, he was appointed party secretary of the neighboring Yueyang city, concurrently serving as chairman of Yueyang People's Congress.[2] In January 2018, he was promoted to become mayor and deputy party secretary of Changsha, and party chief of the Party Working Committee of Xiangjiang New Area. It would be his first job as mayor of a provincial capital city.

In 2020, he was transferred from his job in Hunan province to the neighboring Guizhou province. In January, he was promoted to acting vice governor, confirmed on March 6.[3] He was appointed head of the United Front Work Department of CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee in February 2021 and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[4] On September 17, he took office as party secretary of Guiyang and party chief of the Party Working Committee of Gui'an New Area, replacing Zhao Deming.[5]