Pan Yue (politician)

Pan Yue
潘岳
Head of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 June 2022
Premier	Li Keqiang Li Qiang
Preceded by	Chen Xiaojiang
Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2020
Head	You Quan Shi Taifeng
Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office
In office 10 October 2020 – 24 June 2022
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Xu Yousheng
Succeeded by	Chen Xu
Executive Vice President of the Central Academy of Socialism [zh]
In office February 2016 – 6 July 2021
Preceded by	Ye Xiaowen
Succeeded by	Ji Lin
Personal details
Born	April 1960 (age 64) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Liu Chaoying (divorced)
Parent(s)	Pan Tian [zh] Zhou Lan
Alma mater	Zhejiang University Renmin University of China Central China Normal University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1976–1982
Unit	38th Group Army 13th Division of PLA Railway Corps

Pan Yue (Chinese: 潘岳; pinyin: Pān Yuè; born April 1960) is a Chinese government official who is the current minister of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission and a deputy head of the United Front Work Department.

He is recognized as an environmental activist who led notable campaigns to underscore the intensity of climate change by challenging the main constituents of air pollution and greenhouse emissions.^[1] He advocated for the advancement of technology and resources to address environmental issues. In 2003, Pan would become the first-ranked deputy director at the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)^[2] which would then go on to become the Ministry of Environmental Protection. In August 2015, Pan was appointed as the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, a position that had been empty since 2007. Pan would later leave this position to serve as the executive vice president of the Central Academy of Socialism [zh], a position he would serve from 2016 to 2021.^[3]

Pan became an alternative member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 2021,^[3] also becoming a deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the CCP and director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office On 24 June 2022, he left his duties as the OCAO director, instead being appointed as head of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission. He was promoted to become a full member of the Central Committee after the 20th CCP National Congress in October 2022.