Lin Keqing

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| office1 = Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

| term_start1 = 13 January 2023

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| predecessor1 = Wang Rong

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| office2 = Communist Party Secretary of Guangzhou

| term_start2 = 3 December 2021

| term_end2 = 16 June 2023

| deputy2 = Guo Yonghang (mayor)

| predecessor2 = Zhang Shuofu

| successor2 = Guo Yonghang

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| birth_place = Mianyang County, Hubei, China

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| alma_mater = Renmin University of China

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Lin Keqing ({{zh|s=林克庆}}; born October 1966) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Lin was a representative of the 18th and is a member of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news |author1=Zhan Jing ({{lang|zh|詹婧}}) |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/2022-09/25/c_1129030960.htm |script-title=zh:中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单 |work=Xinhua News Agency |date=2022-09-25 |access-date=2025-01-11 |language=zh}} He is an alternate of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news |author1=Xue Tao ({{lang|zh|薛涛}}) |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/cpc20/2022-10/22/c_1129075009.htm |script-title=zh:（二十大受权发布）中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单 |work=Xinhua News Agency |date=2022-10-22 |access-date=2025-01-11 |language=zh}} He is a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.{{cite news |author1=Xu Haizhi ({{lang|zh|徐海知}}) |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/2023-01/18/c_1129294900.htm |script-title=zh:中国人民政治协商会议第十四届全国委员会委员名单 |work=Xinhua News Agency |date=2023-01-18 |access-date=2025-01-11 |language=zh}}

Early life and education

Lin was born in Mianyang County (now Xiantao), Hubei, in October 1966.{{cite web|accessdate=2025-01-11 |url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1574614 |language=zh |script-title=zh:北京市副市长林克庆跻身市委常委 |work=Thepaper.cn|archive-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612134108/http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1574614}} In 1984, he was accepted to Renmin University of China, where he majored in commodity science.

Career

After University in 1988, Lin became an official in the CCP Beijing Dongcheng District Committee. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1990. There, he eventually became vice governor in 1994 and was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Beijing Dongcheng District Committee, the district's top authority, in 2001. He was assigned to the similar position in Daxing District in 2005. He served as governor of Daxing District from October 2005 to March 2008, and party secretary, the top political position in the district, from February 2008 to February 2013. Lin was appointed vice mayor of Beijing in 2013 and admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, the city's top authority, in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201301/30/t20130130_24077575.shtml |language=zh |script-title=zh:林克庆、张延昆新任北京副市长洪峰、夏占义不再担任 |work=ce.cn |accessdate=2025-01-11 |archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806013420/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201301/30/t20130130_24077575.shtml}}

In December 2019, Lin was transferred to south China's Guangdong province, where he was made executive vice governor and a standing committee member of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.{{cite web|url=https://news.ifeng.com/c/7sGD2OClb52 |language=zh |script-title=zh:林克庆任广东副省长曾是北京市最年轻副市长 |accessdate=2025-01-11 |date=2019-12-09|work=ifeng.com|archive-date=2020-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926160518/https://news.ifeng.com/c/7sGD2OClb52}} In December 2021, he succeeded Zhang Shuofu as party secretary of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong.{{cite web|url=https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2021-12-03/doc-ikyakumx1717133.shtml |language=zh |script-title=zh:林克庆任广州市委书记，张硕辅另有任用 |accessdate=2025-01-11 |date=2021-12-03|work=sina.com.cn|archive-date=2021-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203032357/https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2021-12-03/doc-ikyakumx1717133.shtml}} In January 2023, he took office as chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:林克庆当选广东省政协主席郑轲新任省政协副主席 |url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202301/13/t20230113_38346380.shtml|work=ce.cn |date=2023-01-13|access-date=2025-01-11|archive-date=2023-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812012708/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202301/13/t20230113_38346380.shtml}}