Xu Lin (born 1963)

Xu Lin
徐麟
Xu in June 2020
Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou
Assumed office
9 December 2022
DeputyLi Bingjun (Governor)
General SecretaryXi Jinping
Preceded byShen Yiqin
Director of the National Radio and Television Administration
In office
8 June 2022 – 3 February 2023
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byNie Chenxi
Succeeded byCao Shumin [zh]
Director of the State Council Information Office
In office
21 August 2018 – 8 June 2022
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byJiang Jianguo
Succeeded bySun Yeli
Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China
In office
19 July 2016 – 21 August 2018
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byLu Wei
Succeeded byZhuang Rongwen
Personal details
BornJune 1963 (age 61)
Shanghai, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materShanghai Normal University

Xu Lin (Chinese: 徐麟; pinyin: Xú Lín; born June 1963) is a Chinese politician, who is currently serving as the Communist Party secretary of Guizhou. Previously he served as director of the State Council Information Office and director of the National Radio and Television Administration. He also served as the main official in charge of internet policy, the head of the Cyberspace Administration of China, from June 2016 to July 2018.[1] Xu was previously the head of the Shanghai propaganda department and later Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Pudong.

  1. ^ "China's powerful internet tsar steps aside as another of Xi Jinping's close allies to take over". South China Morning Post. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-29.