Luo Yimin

Luo Yimin (Chinese: 罗一民; born February 1954) is a retired Chinese politician who served as Vice Chairman of the CPPCC Jiangsu Provincial Committee. He previously held leadership positions in both provincial and municipal governments, most notably as Party Secretary of Nantong.^[1]

Luo was born in Lianshui County, Jiangsu Province, in February 1954. He entered the workforce in December 1970 at the Xuzhou Second Machinery Plant. In December 1976, he joined the Chinese Communist Party. From 1977 to 1980, he studied Chinese language and literature at Nanjing University. Luo later pursued further studies, including training in the United States in 1997 and a master's degree in engineering management from Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 2001. After graduating in 1980, Luo worked at Nanjing University as secretary of the Party Committee Office and later as deputy Party secretary of the Department of Law. In 1986, he was dispatched to Gaoyou County, where he served as deputy Party secretary and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee.^[2]

In 1988, he joined the Jiangsu Administration for Industry and Commerce, rising to deputy director by 1994. During this period, he also undertook postgraduate studies at Nanjing University International Business School. In 1999, Luo became a member of the Standing Committee of the Nantong Municipal Committee and vice mayor.^[3] He subsequently served as deputy Party secretary and acting mayor (2000–2001), and was confirmed as mayor in February 2001. In December 2002, he was appointed Party secretary of Nantong, a position he held for nearly a decade until January 2011, concurrently serving as chairman of the Nantong Municipal People's Congress.^[2][4]

In 2011, Luo was transferred to the provincial level, serving as vice chairman of the CPPCC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and head of the United Front Work Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[5] He was promoted to deputy Party secretary of the CPPCC in 2013 and remained in this role until his retirement in February 2017.^[6][1]

On 9 February 2017, during the closing session of the Fifth Meeting of the 11th CPPCC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, Luo resigned as vice chairman due to reaching the mandatory retirement age.^[7] Luo was a delegate to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, a member of the 11th Jiangsu Provincial Committee, a delegate to the 10th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, and a representative to multiple provincial and municipal Party congresses.^[8][9]