Miao Wei
Miao Wei | |
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Mầm vu | |
![]() Miao in September 2017 | |
Minister of Industry and Information Technology | |
In office December 2010 – 11 August 2020 | |
Premier | Wen Jiabao Li Keqiang |
Preceded by | Li Yizhong |
Succeeded by | Xiao Yaqing |
Personal details | |
Born | May 1955 (age 69) Changli County,Hebei,China |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Hefei University of Technology Central Party School |
Occupation | Manufacturing executive, politician |
Profession | Industrial engineer |
Miao Wei(Chinese:MầmVu;pinyin:Miáo Wéi;born May 1955) is a Chinese manufacturing executive and politician. He was theMinister of Industry and Information Technologyuntil August 2020 and as well as the formerCommunist Party ChiefofWuhan,capital ofHubeiprovince.[1][2][3]Prior to that Miao was President ofDongfeng Motor,China's then second biggest carmaker. He was credited with rescuing Dongfeng from near bankruptcy and turning it into a profitable company.[4]
Career[edit]
Miao Wei is a native ofBeijing.Beginning to 1974 he worked as arusticated youthin ruralFeixi CountyofAnhuiprovince. After theCultural Revolutionhe was admitted toHefei University of Technologyin 1978, where he studied at the department of the industrial engineering, graduating in 1982. He joined theChinese Communist Partyin September 1984.[1][2][3]
After college, Miao worked for the China Auto Import-Export Corporation for ten years. By the age of 30 he was deputy manager for the company's sales division as well as the manufacturing division. In 1993 he was transferred to the thenFirst Ministry of Machine-Building Industry,where he was the Deputy Director of the Automobile Department until 1995 and Assistant General Engineer for the next two years.[4]
In September 1997 the central government transferred Miao to the government-ownedDongfeng Motor Corporationto lead its turnaround effort. Then China's second-biggest carmaker, Dongfeng had 120,000 employees and lost over 500 million yuan in 1998.[4]Miao implemented radical reforms at Dongfeng, adopting Western management methodology and establishing alliances with foreign carmakersNissanandPSA Peugeot Citroën.The company turned a profit within two years, and by 2003 its profits had rocketed to 6.1 billion yuan. In 2004BusinessWeeknominated Miao Wei as a "Star of Asia" for "transform[ing] Dongfeng from an almost bankrupt military truck maker into a profitable manufacturer of both trucks and passenger cars."[4]
In May 2005 Miao Wei was appointed theCommunist Party ChiefofWuhan,capital ofHubeiprovince and where Dongfeng is headquartered. He was also made a member of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party.[1][2][3]
In March 2008 Miao was transferred to the central government to serve as Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, and was promoted to Minister in December 2010, replacingLi Yizhong.[1][2][3]
Miao was an alternate member of the17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,and is a full member of the18th Central Committee.[1][2][3]
References[edit]
- ^abcdeMầm vu[Miao Wei] (in Chinese).Xinhua News Agency.Archived fromthe originalon March 27, 2013.Retrieved2013-05-12.
- ^abcdeMầm vu lý lịch sơ lược[Biography of Miao Wei] (in Chinese).People's Daily.Retrieved2013-05-12.
- ^abcdWenxian Zhang; Ilan Alon, eds. (2011).Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders.Edward Elgar Publishing.ISBN9781848449510.
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Chinese chief executives
- Chinese industrial engineers
- Businesspeople from Beijing
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Beijing
- Engineers from Beijing
- Government ministers of the People's Republic of China
- Hefei University of Technology alumni
- People's Republic of China politicians from Beijing
- Political office-holders in Hubei