Wei Xiaodong

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| alma_mater = Xiamen University
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Wei Xiaodong ({{zh|s=魏小东}}; born May 1961) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as chairman of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Wei was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news |url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2022-09/25/content_5711836.htm |script-title=zh:中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单 |work=gov.cn |date=2022-09-25 |access-date=2025-01-04 |language=zh}}

Early life and education

Wei was born in Zhangzhou, Fujian, in May 1961.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:魏小东接替丁巍任鹤壁市委书记范修芳任副书记|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201304/16/t20130416_24295452.shtml|accessdate=2025-01-04|date=2013-04-16|work=ce.cn|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202650/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201304/16/t20130416_24295452.shtml}} After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1979, he was accepted to Xiamen University, where he majored in plan statistics. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1983 upon graduation.

Career

After university in 1983, Wei was assigned to the {{ill|Ministry of Labor and Personnel of the People's Republic of China|zh|中华人民共和国劳动人事部|lt=Ministry of Labor and Personnel}}. After the institutional reform in 1988, he worked in the {{ill|Ministry of Personnel of the People's Republic of China|zh|中华人民共和国人事部|lt=Ministry of Personnel}}. Starting in April 1988, he served in several posts in the Central Institutional Organization Commission, including director of the Comprehensive Department, director of the Second Department, and director of the Fourth Department.

In October 2010, Wei was transferred to north China's Henan province and appointed deputy party secretary of Luoyang. He was deputy party secretary of Hebi in September 2011, in addition to serving as mayor. He was elevated to party secretary, the top political position in the city, in April 2013. In April 2015, he was chosen as party secretary of Shangqiu.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:陶明伦兼任河南省委统战部部长魏小东接任商丘市委书记|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201504/29/t20150429_5244938.shtml |access-date=2025-01-04 |work=ce.cn|archive-date=2019-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825185528/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201504/29/t20150429_5244938.shtml}}

In August 2016, Wei was recalled to the Central Institutional Organization Commission and appointed deputy director of the Office.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:中央编办领导层变动：魏小东任副主任，王峰不再担任副主任|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1525342 |access-date=2025-01-04 |work=Thepaper.cn|archive-date=2022-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109104613/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1525342}}

Wei was appointed head of the Organization Department of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee in April 2017 and was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.{{cite web|language=zh |script-title=zh:景俊海任北京市委副书记杜飞进、魏小东、姜志刚职务调整(简历)|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201704/28/t20170428_22423798.shtml |access-date=2025-01-04 |date=2017-04-28|work=ce.cn|archive-date=2017-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429000427/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201704/28/t20170428_22423798.shtml}}{{cite web|language=zh |script-title=zh:魏小东接替姜志刚任北京市委组织部部长(简历)|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201705/04/t20170504_22525424.shtml |access-date=2025-01-04 |date=2017-05-04|work=ce.cn|archive-date=2020-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918063136/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201705/04/t20170504_22525424.shtml}} He was named vice chairperson of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress in January 2021, concurrently serving as president of the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions.{{cite web|language=zh |script-title=zh:魏小东当选北京市总工会主席|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202102/27/t20210227_36343406.shtml |access-date=2025-01-04|date=2021-02-27|work=ce.cn|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918122554/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202102/27/t20210227_36343406.shtml}} In August 2021, Wei was chosen as party branch secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in addition to serving as chairperson since January 2022.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:魏小东当选北京市政协主席崔述强、张家明、杨斌、王红当选副主席|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202201/09/t20220109_37240292.shtml|access-date=2025-01-04|work=ce.cn|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110031936/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202201/09/t20220109_37240292.shtml}}