Wang Zhimin

Wang Zhimin
王志民
Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 September 2017
Leader	Zhang Dejiang
Preceded by	Zhang Xiaoming
Personal details
Born	April 1957 (age 67) Xianyou County, Fujian, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Residence	Hong Kong
Alma mater	Fujian Normal University
Occupation	Politician

Wang Zhimin (Chinese: 王志民; born April 1957) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He is the current Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong. Before that, he was the Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office from 2015 to 2017.

Biography

With a family root in Fujian, Wang was educated at the Fujian Normal University and became a member of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). From 1992 to 1998, he served at the New China News Agency Hong Kong Branch. In 1998, he returned to Fujian to serve as the assistant to the Mayor of Xiamen and other bureaux when Xi Jinping, latter becoming General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, was the Governor of Fujian. In 2006, he became the Deputy General Secretary of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong until 2015 when he became Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office. In 2017, he replaced Zhang Xiaoming to become the Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong.