Sun Shaocheng

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| office1 = Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia

| term_start1 = 30 April 2022

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| deputy1 = Wang Lixia (chairwoman)

| predecessor1 = Shi Taifeng

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| office2 = Minister of Veterans Affairs

| term_start2 = 19 March 2018

| term_end2 = 24 June 2022

| predecessor2 = New title

| successor2 = Pei Jinjia

| premier2 = Li Keqiang

| office3 = Vice Minister of Land and Resources

| term_start3 = June 2017

| term_end3 = March 2018

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| leader3 = Jiang Daming (minister)

| office4 = Vice Minister of Civil Affairs

| term_start4 = February 2017

| term_end4 = June 2017

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| leader4 = Huang Shuxian (minister)

| office5 = Vice Governor of Shanxi

| term_start5 = November 2016

| term_end5 = February 2017

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| governor5 = Lou Yangsheng

| office6 = Vice Governor of Shandong

| term_start6 = August 2012

| term_end6 = September 2014

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| governor6 = Guo Shuqing

| name = Sun Shaocheng

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960|07}}

| birth_place = Haiyang, Shandong, China

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| party = Chinese Communist Party

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| alma_mater = Shandong University
Peking University
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Sun Shaocheng ({{lang-zh|s=孙绍骋|t=孫紹騁|p=Sūn Shàochéng }}; born July 1960) is a Chinese politician currently serving as party secretary of Inner Mongolia. Previously, he served as Minister of Veterans Affairs, vice minister of Land and Resources, vice-minister of Civil Affairs, vice-governor of Shanxi, and vice-governor of Shandong. He served two separate terms as vice-minister of Ministry of Civil Affairs, from April 2009 to August 2012 and from February 2017 to June 2017. He served as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party{{cite news |url = http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/19cpcnc/2017-10/24/c_1121848878.htm |script-title=zh:十九大受权发布:中国共产党第十九届中央委员会委员名单 |newspaper=xinhuanews |date=2017-10-24 |language=zh}} and the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201707/10/t20170710_24111818.shtml |script-title=zh:中央国家机关选举产生186名出席党的十九大代表 |newspaper=ce.cn |date=2017-07-10 |language=zh}}

Education

Sun was born in Haiyang, Shandong in July 1960. He entered Shandong University in August 1980, majoring in Chinese language and literature at the Department of Chinese language, where he graduated in July 1984. After graduation, he entered the workforce, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1986. He earned his doctor's degree in the science of law from Peking University in 2002. He was also studied at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party as a part-time student.{{Cite web |title=China Vitae : Biography of Sun Shaocheng |url=https://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Sun_Shaocheng |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=www.chinavitae.com}}

Career

In July 1984, he was appointed as an official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and over a period of 25 years worked his way up to the position of Vice-Minister.

In August 2012, he became the vice governor of Shandong, a position he held until September 2014. Then he was transferred to Shanxi, a province rich in coal resources, he was a Standing Committee of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee and director of its United Front Work Department.{{cite news |url = http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201411/28/t20141128_4005329.shtml |script-title=zh:孙绍骋不再担任山东副省长 已任山西省委常委、统战部长 |website =7 IVce.cn |date=2014-11-28 |language=zh }} He was promoted to vice-governor of Shanxi in November 2016, but having held the position for only three months, he was transferred back to Beijing and appointed the vice-minister of Ministry of Civil Affairs again, but soon he was transferred to another post as vice-minister of Ministry of Land and Resources. On March 19, 2018, he was confirmed as the inaugural Minister of Veterans Affairs at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress.{{cite news |url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201803/19/WS5aaf1a7aa3106e7dcc1426fd.html |title=China's new cabinet members endorsed |newspaper=China Daily |date=2018-03-19 }}

On 30 April 2022, he was appointed party secretary of Inner Mongolia, the top political position in the region.{{cite news|author1=Zhang Zhaohua ({{lang|zh|张朝华}})|url=http://www.news.cn/politics/2022-04/30/c_1128611881.htm |script-title=zh:内蒙古自治区党委主要负责同志职务调整 |work=news.cn |date=30 April 2022 |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=zh}} On January 16, 2023, during the first session of the Fourteenth Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional People's Congress, Sun Shaozhi was appointed Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Autonomous Region People's Congress.{{cite web | title=孙绍骋当选内蒙古自治区人大常委会主任 王莉霞当选内蒙古自治区主席_滚动新闻_中国政府网 | website=中国政府网_中央人民政府门户网站 | date=2023-05-26 | url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2023-01/16/content_5737230.htm | language=zh | access-date=2025-05-18}}

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Category:1960 births

Category:Politicians from Yantai

Category:Living people

Category:Shandong University alumni

Category:Peking University alumni

Category:Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni

Category:PLA National Defence University alumni

Category:Political office-holders in Inner Mongolia

Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong

Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong

Category:Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Category:People from Haiyang

Category:Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Category:Ministers of veterans affairs of the People's Republic of China