Shi Jintong

Shi Jintong
施金通
Deputy Townhead of Shuanglong Town
Assumed office
May 2017
TownheadWang Benjian (王本建)
Personal details
BornMay 1979 (age 46)
PartyChinese Communist Party

Shi Jintong (Chinese: 施金通; pinyin: Shī Jīntōng; born May 1979) is a Chinese politician of Miao ethnicity, currently serving as deputy townhead of Shuanglong Town and party secretary of Shibadong Village.

He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2]

Biography

A native of the Shibadong Village of Shuanglong Town in Huayuan County, Hunan, Shi joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 2001, and was proposed as director of his home-village in August 2005 and rose to become deputy townhead of his home-town in May 2017.[3]

Shi is a supporter of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CCP Central Committee, who inspected the village to propose the policy of "Targeted Poverty Alleviation" for the first time.[4][5] Shibadong Village became a testing ground for the new initiative in since Xi's investigation.[6]

References

  1. ^ Fu Zhongming (符仲明) (25 September 2022). 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ^ Xu Kun (徐锟) (22 October 2022). 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单(171名). Chinadaily (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ Diao Yunjiao (刁云娇) (18 September 2020). 施金通. chinadaily.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ Xing Wen (30 September 2017). "President: Use traits of village to prosper". Chinadaily. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ^ "China widens personality cult around 'unrivaled helmsman' Xi". yahoo.com. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. ^ Liu Xiangrui (12 June 2017). "Chinese village transformed by a visit from President Xi... and kiwis". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2022.