Wang Xinwei

Wang Xinwei (; born August 1967) is a Chinese politician and member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who is currently serving as the Governor of Liaoning as of March 2025. Previously, he served as CCP committee secretary and mayor of Shenyang from 2021 to 2025, and mayor of Zhengzhou (2018–2020) and Anyang (2015–2018).

Early life and education Wang was born in August 1967 in Baofeng County in Pingdingshan, Henan. In 1984, after completing his high school education, he took gaokao and was admitted for undergraduate studies at the Department of Electrical Machinery at Zhejiang University in September of that year. He graduated in July 1988.

After completing his undergraduate studies, he continued with full-time postgraduate education in electrical engineering at Zhejiang University and received his master's degree in electrical engineering theory in September 1991. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1985 while studying at Zhejiang University. In February 2014, Wang was transferred to the prefecture-level city of Anyang, where he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor, later becoming CCP deputy committee secretary and mayor by the end of 2015. In September 2018, he was appointed CCP deputy committee secretary and mayor of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan. In March 2020, he was promoted to Vice Governor of Henan. Wang was also elected as a Deputy to the 13th National People's Congress, serving the 2018–2023 term.

Subsequently, in October 2021, he was elected to the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and assigned the position of Party Secretary of Shenyang. At the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, held in late 2022, he participated as a delegate from the Liaoning. During the congress's internal elections, he was elected as an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In March 2025, he was appointed vice governor and then acting governor of Liaoning, succeeding Li Lecheng who was appointed as the Minister of Industry and Information Technology. On the same month, he was officially elected as governor of the Liaoning.

On 11 June 2025, he hosted the 15th general assembly of the Association of North East Asia Regional Governments, an independent cooperative organization that strives to achieve mutual development and cooperative exchange among regional governments in Northeast Asia. Representatives from 28 regional governments across Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and China attended the event.