Xu Lin (born 1963)

Xu Lin (Chinese: 徐麟; born June 1963) is a Chinese politician, who serving as the director of the State Council Information Office since August 2018. He served as the main official in charge of internet policy, the head of the Cyberspace Administration of China, from June 2016 to July 2018.[1] Xu was previously the head of the Shanghai propaganda department and later Communist Party Committee Secretary of Pudong.

Xu Lin
徐麟
Director of the State Council Information Office
Assumed office
August 2018
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byJiang Jianguo
Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China
In office
June 29, 2016  July 31, 2018
PremierLi Keqiang
DeputyWang Xiujun (王秀军)
Preceded byLu Wei
Succeeded byZhuang Rongwen
Communist Party Secretary of Pudong
In office
August 2008  May 2013
District GovernorLi Yiping (李逸平) → Jiang Liang (姜梁)
Preceded byDu Jiahao
Succeeded byShen Xiaoming
Personal details
BornJune 1963 (age 57)
Shanghai
Political partyCommunist Party of China
ResidenceBeijing
Alma materShanghai Normal University
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Xu Lin was born in Shanghai in June 1963. He was graduated from Shanghai Normal University and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1982.[2] Xu was the teacher of Zhoupu High School (周浦中学), and the CPC standing committee member and acting deputy county chief in Nanhui County at the age of 29. Later, he became the CCP deputy secretary of Jiading District. In 1995, he became deputy secretary of Shigatse Prefecture in Tibet.[3]

Xu returned to Shanghai in 1997, and served as the general manager of Nong Gong Shang Group (农工商集团). Later, he served as Party branch chief and CEO. In 2003, Xu was appointed as director of Civil Affairs Bureau of Shanghai and director of Agriculture Committee of Shanghai in 2007. In 2008, Xu became the Party Committee Secretary of Pudong. He served as the head of the Shanghai CPC's propaganda department in 2013.[3][4]

In 2015, Xu served as the deputy head of the General Office of the Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization,[5] and promoted to the head on June 29, 2016.[1] Xu is regarded as a political ally of Xi Jinping, the current party General Secretary and paramount leader,[1] and dubbed a “political star” by the 21st Century Business Herald (21世纪经济报道).[3]

In 2018, Xu was appointed as the director of the State Council Information Office. Xu is a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[6]

In November 2020, Xu Lin, gave a speech in which he emphasized the need for the Chinese Communist Party to reinforce its control over commercial media ventures.[7]

References

Government offices
Preceded by
Jiang Jianguo
Director of the State Council Information Office
2018–
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Du Jiahao
Communist Party Secretary of Pudong
2008–2013
Succeeded by
Shen Xiaoming
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