Wang Weiguang | |||||||
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王伟光 | |||||||
| Chairperson of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |||||||
| Assumed office March 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zhu Weiqun | ||||||
| President of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | |||||||
| In office May 2017 – March 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | New title | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhang Zhengwen | ||||||
| President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | |||||||
| In office April 2013 – March 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Kuiyuan | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Xie Fuzhan | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | February 1950 (age 74) Dandong, Liaoning, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Peking University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王伟光 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王偉光 | ||||||
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Wang Weiguang (Chinese: 王伟光; born February 1950) is a Chinese politician who served as president of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from 2017 to 2018 and president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from 2013 to 2018. He previously served as vice president of the academy and before that, vice president of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 10th National People's Congress. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
He was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.