Sheng Lei

Sheng Lei (, born November 1972 in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a Chinese politician currently serving as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Suqian, Jiangsu Province, and First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Suqian Military Subdistrict.

Biography She joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1994 and began her political career in August 1994 after graduating from Soochow University with a degree in Chinese Language and Literature. From 1994 to 1996, Sheng worked as a secretary in the General Office of the People's Government of Jinchang District, Suzhou. She later served as Deputy Secretary of the Communist Youth League of Jinchang District from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 2001, she was Party Secretary of Liuyuan Subdistrict and concurrently served as Director of the subdistrict office starting in May 1998.

Between 2001 and 2002, Sheng served as Deputy District Mayor of Jinchang District. She became Vice Mayor of Taicang in 2002 and was appointed a member of the Taicang Municipal Party Committee in 2006. In 2009, she returned to Jinchang District as Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary and Acting District Mayor, officially becoming District Mayor in January 2010.

From 2012 to 2016, Sheng served as Vice Mayor of Suzhou. She then became a member of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and head of the Publicity Department in 2016, holding dual roles until 2018. In July 2018, she was appointed Party Secretary and Chairwoman of the Jiangsu Cultural Investment and Management Group.

In July 2021, Sheng was appointed Deputy Party Secretary and Acting Mayor of Changzhou. She officially became Mayor in February 2022 and served until December 2024. She was appointed Party Secretary of Suqian in December 2024, and in January 2025, she also took on the role of First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Suqian Military Subdistrict.

Sheng is a delegate to the 14th National People's Congress and has served as a member of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. She was also a member of the 12th Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a delegate to the 13th and 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.