Zheng Yanxiong

Zheng Yanxiong
郑雁雄
Zheng in 2023
Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong
Assumed office
14 January 2023
PremierLi Keqiang
Li Qiang
Preceded byLuo Huining
Director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR
In office
3 July 2020 – 14 January 2023
DeputyLi Jiangzhou
Sun Qingye
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byDong Jingwei
Secretary-General of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
October 2018 – July 2020
Preceded byJiang Ling
Succeeded byZhang Fuhai
Communist Party Secretary of Shanwei
In office
August 2011 – July 2013
Preceded byRong Tiewen
Succeeded byWen Guohui
Mayor of Shanwei
In office
11 January 2009 – August 2011
Preceded byWang Menghui
Succeeded byWu Zili
Personal details
Born (1963-08-25) 25 August 1963 (age 61)
Chaonan District, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Sun Yat-sen University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Yànxióng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZeng6 Ngaan6-hung4

Zheng Yanxiong (Chinese: 郑雁雄; pinyin: Zhèng Yànxióng; born 25 August 1963) is a Chinese politician currently serving as director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office and secretary of the Hong Kong Work Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Previously, he was the director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR.[1] Zheng is known for controversial statements denouncing foreign media reporting on the Wukan protests in Shanwei in 2011,[2] and for the crackdown of renewed protests in Shanwei in 2016.[3]

  1. ^ 郑雁雄任驻港国安公署署长. sina (in Chinese). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ Tony Cheung (3 July 2020). "National security law: Beijing appoints tough-talking party official Zheng Yanxiong to lead powerful new agency in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Zheng Yanxiong: China appoints hard-line Hong Kong security chief". BBC. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.