Han Zheng | |||||||||
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韩正 | |||||||||
_(cropped).jpg) Han in 2024 | |||||||||
| Vice President of China | |||||||||
| Assumed office 10 March 2023 | |||||||||
| President | Xi Jinping | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Qishan | ||||||||
| First-ranked Vice Premier of China | |||||||||
| In office 19 March 2018 – 12 March 2023 | |||||||||
| Premier | Li Keqiang | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Zhang Gaoli | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ding Xuexiang | ||||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai | |||||||||
| In office 20 November 2012 – 29 October 2017 | |||||||||
| Deputy | Yang Xiong (mayor) Ying Yong (mayor) | ||||||||
| General Secretary | Xi Jinping | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Yu Zhengsheng | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Qiang | ||||||||
| In office 24 September 2006 – 24 March 2007 (acting) | |||||||||
| General Secretary | Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Liangyu | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Xi Jinping | ||||||||
| 20th Mayor of Shanghai | |||||||||
| In office 24 March 2003 – 26 December 2012 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Liangyu | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yang Xiong | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 22 April 1954[citation needed] Shanghai, China | ||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1979–present) | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Wan Ming (m. 1984) | ||||||||
| Children | See list
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| Alma mater | East China Normal University Fudan University | ||||||||
| Website | www.gov.cn/hanzheng | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 韩正 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 韓正 | ||||||||
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Han Zheng (Chinese: 韩正; pinyin: Hán Zhèng; born 22[citation needed] April 1954) is a Chinese politician who since 2023 has served as the vice president of China. He previously served as the first-ranking vice premier of China between 2018 and 2023, and as the seventh-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between 2017 and 2022.
Han served as Communist Party deputy secretary and mayor of Shanghai between 2003 and 2012. In November 2012, he was promoted to become the Party Secretary of Shanghai, the top political post in the city, and also gained a seat on the CCP Politburo.