Liang Jianyong

Liang Jianyong (born in September 1959, Chinese: 梁建勇), a native of Yangcheng, Shanxi Province, is a Chinese politician. He has served as Director of the Propaganda Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of the Party Group of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress, and Chairman of the Fujian Federation of Trade Unions.^[1]

Liang commenced employment in March 1976 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in September 1982. He has devoted the majority of his career to Fujian Province. In the initial phase of his career, he was employed by the Communist Youth League and provincial government offices, ultimately holding the position of Head of Fuzhou's Taijiang District and subsequently as Party Secretary. He then assumed the roles of vice mayor and standing committee member of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee [zh].^[2]

From 2010 onwards, he held the positions of mayor and subsequently party secretary of Putian, followed by Longyan. In 2015, he was designated Vice Governor of Fujian Province, thereafter advancing to Member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[3] He concurrently held positions as Head of the Publicity Department, Secretary of the Provincial Organs Working Committee, and Chairman of the Fujian Federation of Social Sciences.^[4]

In 2020, Liang was designated Vice Chairman and Deputy Party Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress, and since 2021, he has concurrently held the position of Chairman of the Fujian Federation of Trade Unions. In 2022, he was designated Party Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress, while concurrently holding the positions of Vice Chairman and Trade Union Chairman.^[5]

He presently serves as the Party Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress, as well as the Chairman of the Fujian Federation of Trade Unions.^[6]

Liang was a delegate to the 19th CPC National Congress and also as a deputy in the 12th and 14th National People's Congress. He served as a member of the 9th and 10th Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was a delegate to the 10th Fujian Provincial People's Congress. He further held the position of deputy in the 13th and 14th Fujian Provincial People's Congresses.^[7]