Chen Jining

Chen Jining
Chen Jining
陈吉宁
	Chen in 2019
Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 October 2022
Mayor	Gong Zheng
Preceded by	Li Qiang
Mayor of Beijing
	In office; 27 May 2017 – 28 October 2022
Party Secretary	Cai Qi
Preceded by	Cai Qi
Succeeded by	Yin Yong
Minister of Environmental Protection
	In office; 27 February 2015 – 27 June 2017
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Zhou Shengxian
Succeeded by	Li Ganjie
President of Tsinghua University
	In office; 20 February 2012 – 28 January 2015
Preceded by	Gu Binglin
Succeeded by	Qiu Yong
Personal details
Born	4 February 1964 (age 60); Gaizhou, Liaoning, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Cathy Hu
Alma mater	Tsinghua University (BE); Brunel University London; Imperial College London (PhD);
Occupation	Academic, environmental engineer, ecologist, politician
	Scientific career
Fields	Civil engineering
Thesis	Modelling and control of the activated sludge process: towards a systematic framework (1993)
Doctoral advisor	M. B. Beck

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Chen Jining (Chinese: 陈吉宁; pinyin: Chén Jíníng; born 4 February 1964) is a Chinese environmental scientist and politician who has been serving as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Shanghai since October 2022. Chen is a member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.

Chen graduated from the Imperial College London with a PhD in environmental systems analysis in 1992. Staying at the Imperial College after his graduation, he completed his postdoctoral studies in 1994 and served as an assistant researcher from 1994 to 1997. In 1998, he returned to his undergraduate alma mater Tsinghua University in Beijing to serve as vice chair of the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering. He then served as the university's vice president from 2006 to 2007, executive vice president from 2007 to 2012, and president from 2012 to 2015.

Joining the Chinese government in 2015, Chen served as Minister of Environmental Protection of China from 2015 to 2017, Vice Mayor of Beijing City from 2017 to 2018, and Mayor of Beijing City from 2018 to 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Bo Zhiyue (2015-03-04). "China's New Environmental Minister: A Rising Star". The Diplomat.
^ "China's Yin Yong named acting Beijing mayor - state media". Reuters. 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
^ "State Council Appoints Dr. Chen Jining President Tsinghua University". Tsinghua University. 2012-02-21. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.

[bo-1] Bo Zhiyue (2015-03-04). "China's New Environmental Minister: A Rising Star". The Diplomat.

[2] "China's Yin Yong named acting Beijing mayor - state media". Reuters. 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2022-10-28.

[3] "State Council Appoints Dr. Chen Jining President Tsinghua University". Tsinghua University. 2012-02-21. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.

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