Huang Xingguo
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Huang Xingguo is the current mayor of Tianjin
Tianjin
' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...

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Biography

Born in Oct. 1954 in Xiangshan
Xiangshan
-Mainland China:*Xiangshan Park , Beijing*Xiangshan District, Guilin *Xiangshan District, Huaibei , Anhui*Xiangshan County, Guangdong, former county*Xiangshan County, Zhejiang...

 County, Ningbo
Ningbo
Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...

, Zhejiang Province, he joined the Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

 in 1973.

He was the party chief in Xiangshan County. Both the travel and construction industries, Xiangshan's two traditional economic pillars, grew dramatically during his reign.

He went to Taizhou
Taizhou, Zhejiang
Taizhou is a prefecture-level city in middle eastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China...

 in Jul. 1987, taking the office of deputy secretary, party chief there. During this time, Taizhou was still a country-level place, due to his strong support and effort, Taizhou finally rose to city-level. Taizhou's economy started developing very quickly. It is now one of the richest cities in the Yangtze Delta area,.

He was appointed to be the secretary-in-general of Zhejiang Province. Jan. 1998, he was the vice president of Zhejiang Province, and then became the party chief of Ningbo City.

In November 2003, he became a secretary and the first vice mayor of Tianjin. In December 2007, he was elected and appointed to be the acting mayor of Tianjin by the Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress, taking the place of Dai Xianglong
Dai Xianglong
Dai Xianglong is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He is the former governor of the People's Bank of China, and the former mayor of Tianjin...

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He is among the finalists for the 2010 World Mayor
World Mayor
World Mayor is a biennial award organized by The City Mayors Foundation since 2004. It intends to raise the profile of mayors worldwide, as well as honour those who have served their communities well and who have contributed to the well-being of cities, nationally and internationally...

 prize.

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