Sichuan Province Elects New Governor
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What’s new: Shi Xiaolin, 55, has been elected governor of the southwest province of Sichuan, becoming China’s youngest female provincial chief.
The members of the Sichuan provincial legislature gathered and elected Shi on Wednesday, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
Previously, she was the acting governor of the province after a three-year stint as the party chief of the province’s capital Chengdu from August 2021 to June this year. Shi has also been an alternate member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the party’s top decision-making body, since 2017.
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- Shi Xiaolin, 55, has been elected governor of Sichuan, becoming China’s youngest female provincial chief.
- She previously served as the acting governor and party chief of Chengdu from 2021-2023.
- Currently, there are two other female provincial chiefs: Liang Huiling (62) and Wang Lixia (60).
- 2017：
- Shi Xiaolin became a standing member and minister of the united front work department of the Shanghai municipal party committee.
- Since 2017：
- She has been an alternate member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
- August 2021：
- Shi Xiaolin started her three-year stint as the party chief of Chengdu.
- June 2024：
- Shi Xiaolin's stint as the party chief of Chengdu ended.
- By June 2024：
- Shi Xiaolin became the acting governor of Sichuan province.
- Wednesday, August 2024：
- The members of the Sichuan provincial legislature elected Shi Xiaolin as governor.
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