Chen Run'er

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|office = Party Secretary of Ningxia

|term_start = 25 October 2019

|term_end = 28 March 2022

|predecessor = Shi Taifeng

|successor = Liang Yanshun

|office1 = Governor of Henan

|term_start1 = 7 April 2016

|term_end1 = 25 October 2019

|predecessor1 = Xie Fuzhan

|successor1 = Yin Hong

|office2 = Party Secretary of Changsha

|term_start2 = November 2006

|term_end2 = April 2013

|predecessor2 = Mei Kebao

|successor2 = Yi Lianhong

|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1957|10}}

|birth_place = Chaling County, Hunan, China

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|party = Chinese Communist Party

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|alma_mater = Hunan Agricultural University

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Chen Run'er ({{lang-zh|s=陈润儿}}; born October 1957) is a Chinese politician who served as the Party Secretary of Ningxia from October 2019 to March 2022. He formerly served as Governor of Henan Province, the Deputy Communist Party Chief of Heilongjiang Province, and Party Chief of the cities of Changsha and Xiangtan in his home province of Hunan.

Biography

Chen Run'er was born in October 1957 in Chaling County, Hunan Province. In September 1975, Chen Run'er began his career, starting as Secretary of a People's Commune in Chaling County, Hunan Province. Three months later, he joined the Chinese Communist Party. Over the next two years, he held various roles within different communes and the county’s Business Bureau. After completing his training, he was appointed Deputy Governor of Chaling County in July 1985 and was promoted to Governor in April 1987. By September 1990, he had been reappointed as Secretary of the County Party Committee.{{cite web | title=陈润儿同志简历_人物资料_中国政府网 | website=中国政府网_中央人民政府门户网站 | date=2023-05-27 | url=https://www.gov.cn/guoqing/2016-04/08/content_5062214.htm | language=zh | access-date=2024-08-25}} From 1983 to 1985 he studied agriculture at Hunan Agricultural University.{{cite web |url=http://cped.nccu.edu.tw/node/1143223 |title=Chen Run'er |publisher=National Chengchi University |date=5 June 2015 |language=zh |access-date=7 April 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507212612/http://cped.nccu.edu.tw/node/1143223 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160407/48380396_0.shtml |script-title=zh:陈润儿当选河南省省长 |work=Phoenix TV |date=7 April 2016 |language=zh-cn}}{{cite web |url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Chen_Runer |title=Chen Run'er |work=China Vitae |accessdate=7 April 2016}}

In 1992, Chen moved to Chenzhou, where he served as Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and a member of the Regional Committee. Between September 1993 and July 1994, he underwent further training at the Central Party School, returning to his role as Deputy Secretary of the Chenzhou Prefectural Party Committee. When Chenzhou transitioned to a prefecture-level city in December 1994,{{cite book | author=China. 国家经济体制改革委员会 | title=中國经济体制改革年鉴 | publisher=文革出版社 | year=1995 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZNGAAAAMAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-08-25 | page=585}}{{cite book | author=湖南省地方志编委会 | title=湖南改革开放图志 | publisher=五洲传播出版社 | year=2003 | isbn=978-7-5085-0361-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3urI5ex7zsC&pg=PA45 | language=zh | access-date=2024-08-25 | page=45}} he continued as Deputy Secretary of the Chenzhou Municipal Committee. In August 1997, Chen transferred to the Loudi region, where he held multiple positions, including Deputy Secretary of the Local Party Committee, Deputy Commissioner, and Commissioner of the Administrative Office. In February 1999, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Geology and Mineral Resources. A year later, he moved to Xiangtan City, where he served as Mayor and later as Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee.{{cite web | title=中共湘潭市十届一次全会选举陈润儿为市委书记 | website=新闻 | date=2007-04-02 | url=https://news.sohu.com/20060930/n245619014.shtml | language=zh | access-date=2024-08-25}} In 2006, Chen took on a new role in Changsha, becoming a member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee while also serving as Secretary of the Changsha Municipal Party Committee. Starting in 2013, he was assigned to Heilongjiang Province as Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, focusing on local political and legal affairs during his tenure.{{cite web | author=hljnews | title=维护社会大局稳定服务经济社会发展为全面建成小康社会作出更大贡献 | website=黑龙江新闻网 | date=2016-02-02 | url=http://epaper.hljnews.cn/hljrb/20160202/176447.html | language=zh | access-date=2024-08-25}} Three years later, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the CCP Henan Provincial Committee and Governor of Henan.{{cite web | title=陈润儿当选河南省人民政府省长-新华网 | website=Xinhua News Agency | url=http://xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-04/07/c_128872180.htm | language=zh | access-date=2024-08-25}} In March 2016, Chen was transferred to Henan Province in central China as Deputy Party Chief and Governor Designate. On 7 April 2016, the Henan Provincial People's Congress duly elected Chen as Governor of Henan, succeeding Xie Fuzhan, who had become the provincial party chief. On 25 October 2019, he has appointed as the Party Secretary of Ningxia.{{cite web |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/2019-10/25/c_1125153124.htm |script-title=zh:宁夏回族自治区党委主要负责同志职务调整陈润儿任宁夏回族自治区党委书记 |publisher=Xinhua |date=2019-10-25 |language=zh-cn |access-date=25 October 2019 |archive-date=25 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025133035/http://www.xinhuanet.com/2019-10/25/c_1125153124.htm |url-status=dead }}

On 20 April, he was made vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.{{cite news|author1=Zhuang yu ({{lang|zh|庄彧}})|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202204/20/t20220420_37513553.shtml |script-title=zh:全国人大常委会任命应勇、陈润儿、王建军职务 |work=ce.cn |date=20 April 2022 |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=zh}} In 2024, Chen Run'er led the 20th Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Supervision Group in overseeing environmental protection efforts in Chongqing.{{cite web | title=中央第六生态环境保护督察组向重庆市反馈督察情况_重庆市人民政府网 | website=重庆市人民政府网 | date=2024-08-21 | url=http://www.cq.gov.cn/zwgk/szfld/gzdt/202408/t20240821_13536019.html | access-date=2024-08-25}}

Chen was an alternate of the 17th and the 18th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, and is a full member of the 19th Central Committee.

He is considered to be an Ethnic Affairs policy specialist.{{cite web |last1=Kenderdine |first1=Tristan |title=Emerging Ethnic Affairs Policy Specialist Chen Run'er Could Take Over as Xinjiang Party Secretary |url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/06/emerging-ethnic-affairs-policy-specialist-chen-runer-could-take-over-as-xinjiang-party-secretary/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=14 June 2021}}