Cong Liang
{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
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| office = Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission
| term_start = 30 April 2023
| term_end = 5 July 2024
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| 1namedata = Zheng Shanjie
| office1 = Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration
| term_start1 = 2 July 2022
| term_end1 = 30 August 2023
| premier1 = Li Keqiang
Li Qiang
| predecessor1 = Zhang Wufeng
| successor1 = Liu Huanxin
| office2 = Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission
| term_start2 = June 2018
| term_end2 = July 2020
| predecessor2 = Li Pumin
| successor2 = Zhao Chenxin
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| 1namedata2 = He Lifeng
| name = Cong Liang
| native_name = 丛亮
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| birth_place = Wendeng County, Shandong, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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| alma_mater = Tsinghua University
Central University of Finance and Economics
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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Cong Liang ({{zh|s=丛亮}}; born December 1971) is a Chinese politician who is the currently a deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council. He was previously the director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration from July 2022 to August 2023, and the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission from April 2023 to July 2024.
Biography
Cong was born in Wendeng County (now Wendeng District of Weihai), Shandong, in December 1971. In 1994, he graduated from Tsinghua University majoring in the Department of Mechanical Engineering before gaining a master's degree in economics from the Central University of Finance and Economics in 1997. He attended the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences where he obtained his doctor's degree in economics in 2003.
Beginning in April 1997, he served in several posts in the State Planning Commission (later renamed National Development and Reform Commission), becoming secretary-general in February 2009 and deputy director in June 2020. On June 23, 2022, he was appointed director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (NFSRA),{{cite news|author1=Sun Dan ({{lang|zh|孙丹}})|url=http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/202206/23/t20220623_37788681.shtml |script-title=zh:丛亮任国家粮食和物资储备局党组书记 |work=ce.cn |date=23 June 2022 |access-date=23 June 2022 |language=zh}} succeeding Zhang Wufeng, who was placed under investigation for "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China, on June 16.{{cite news |title=Former head of state reserves authority under probe |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202206/15/WS62a98b78a310fd2b29e62e43.html |access-date=23 June 2022 |work=Chinadaily.com |date=15 June 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ccdi.gov.cn/toutiaon/202206/t20220615_199266.html |script-title=zh:国家粮食和物资储备局原党组书记、局长张务锋接受纪律审查和监察调查 |work=ccdi.gov.cn |date=15 June 2022 |access-date=23 June 2022 |language=zh}}{{cite news |title=China probes former head of national reserves bureau over discipline violation |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-probes-former-head-national-reserves-bureau-over-discipline-violation-2022-06-15/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |work=reuters.com |date=15 June 2022}}
In April 2023, he was appointed as a deputy director of the NDRC. In August 2023, he was succeeded by Liu Huanxin as the director of the NFSRA. On 5 July 2024, he was removed as a NDRC deputy director and was appointed as a deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council.{{Cite news |date=5 July 2024 |title=China's State Council appoints, removes officials |url=https://english.news.cn/20240705/b37bb4f033b7484e81ea15f72f2dd78f/c.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=Xinhua News Agency}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Head of the National Economy Comprehensive Department of the National Development and Reform Commission|years=2016–2018}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission|years=2018–2020}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration|years=2022–2023}}
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Category:Tsinghua University alumni
Category:Central University of Finance and Economics alumni
Category:Chinese Academy of Social Sciences alumni
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong
Category:Delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:Alternates of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party