Zhao Long
{{Short description|Chinese politician (born 1967)}}
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Zhou Zuyi
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| birth_place = Panjin, Liaoning, China
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| alma_mater = Renmin University of China
Beijing University
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Zhao Long ({{zh|s=赵龙}}; born September 1967) is a Chinese politician who is the current governor of Fujian, in office since 22 October 2021.
Biography
Zhao was born in Panjin, Liaoning, in September 1967. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1988. After graduating from the Renmin University of China in 1989, he was despatched to the National Land Administration, which was reshuffled as the Ministry of Land and Resources in 1998 and Ministry of Natural Resources in 2018. He moved up the ranks to become vice minister in June 2016, a position at vice-ministerial level.{{cite news|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/226645454_650444 |script-title=zh:自然资源部15名领导班子公布 陆昊任部党组书记、部长 |work=Sohu |date=29 March 2018 |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=zh}}
In July 2020, he was appointed vice governor of southeast China's Fujian province and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.
In January 2021, he took office as party secretary of Xiamen, replacing Hu Changsheng, who was promoted to governor of Heilongjiang.{{cite news|author1=Jiang Ziwen ({{lang|zh|蒋子文}})|author2=Han Yuting ({{lang|zh|韩雨亭}})|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_10996906 |script-title=zh:福建省委常委、常务副省长赵龙任厦门市委书记 |work=thepaper |date=29 January 2021 |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=zh}}
On 22 October, he rose to become the acting governor of Fujian, becoming the youngest head of provincial administrative region government in China.{{cite news|author1=Meng Yaxu ({{lang|zh|孟亚旭}})|url=https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2021-10-22/doc-iktzscyy1135049.shtml |script-title=zh:全国最年轻省级政府一把手！赵龙任福建省代省长 |work=sina |date=22 October 2021 |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=zh}} On 25 January 2022, he was elected as the governor of Fujian.{{cite web |title=赵龙当选福建省省长 |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/2022-01/25/c_1128299984.htm |website=Xinhua.net |access-date=25 January 2022 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125234225/http://www.news.cn/politics/2022-01/25/c_1128299984.htm }}
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Category:Renmin University of China alumni
Category:Peking University alumni
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning
Category:Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party