Liang Gui

Liang Gui (Chinese: 梁桂; born August 1964) is a Chinese politician and academic who previously served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He has also held senior positions in Shaanxi Province, including membership on the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and service as Executive Vice Governor of Shaanxi.^[1]

Liang was born in August 1964 in Hefei, Anhui Province. He began working in July 1984 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1993. He studied mathematics at Anhui Normal University from September 1980 to July 1984, and later pursued postgraduate studies in basic mathematics at the Institute of Mathematics of Fudan University, where he obtained a Doctor of Science degree. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the School of Economics of Fudan University.^[2]

After completing his academic training, Liang moved into public administration in Shanghai, serving in various posts in Pudong New Area, including roles in policy research, economic and trade administration, and science and technology management. He successively served as deputy director and later director of the Pudong New Area Science and Technology Commission, while also holding concurrent positions related to productivity promotion and technology development.^[3]

In 2004, Liang was appointed deputy director of the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center under the Ministry of Science and Technology, and later became its director, concurrently serving as head of the Innovation Fund for Technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.^[4]

In November 2010, he was transferred to Shaanxi Province and appointed Party Secretary of the Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Industries Demonstration Zone. In June 2011, he concurrently served as deputy Party secretary of Northwest A&F University, and in May 2013 he became Party secretary of the university at vice-ministerial rank.^[5]

Liang was appointed to the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in July 2015. He subsequently served as head of the Publicity Department of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee and, beginning in December 2016, concurrently as Executive Vice Governor of Shaanxi and deputy Party secretary of the provincial government.^[6]

In September 2021, Liang was transferred to Jiangxi Province and appointed to the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, serving as head of the provincial Publicity Department.^[7] In November 2021, he became deputy Party secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Government and president of the Jiangxi Administrative Institute. In December 2021, he was appointed Executive Vice Governor of Jiangxi. In June 2022, he additionally served as Party Secretary of the Ganjiang New Area. From January 2023 to December 2024, he continued to serve as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[8]