He Lifeng, director of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, disclo

According to Chinese official information, He Lifeng, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, is now concurrently serving as the Director of the Office of the Leading Group for the Promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative.Previously, this position was concurrently held by Xu Shaoshi, the former party secretary and director of the National Development and Reform Commission.

According to The Paper, the above news comes from the China Belt and Road Network.

According to the news, at the invitation of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, on the morning of last Thursday (7th), He Lifeng, Director of the Office of the Leading Group for Promoting the Belt and Road Initiative, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, attended the special report meeting of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and made an in-depth study and implementation of the Central Committee.A special report on the leader's thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era to solidly promote the construction of the lsquo;One Belt, One Road rsquo;.

He Lifeng was born in February 1955 in Xingning, Guangdong. He graduated from the Finance Department of Xiamen University majoring in finance and holds a doctorate in economics.

He worked in Fujian Province for a long time in his early years, and successively served as the deputy mayor of Xiamen and director of the management committee of Xiangyu Free Trade Zone, the mayor of Quanzhou, secretary of the municipal party committee, and secretary of the Xiamen municipal party committee.In 2009, he went north to serve as the deputy secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, and later became the chairman of the Tianjin CPPCC.

In 2014, He Lifeng's official career ushered in a transfer again, and he went to Beijing to serve as the deputy director (ministerial level) and deputy secretary of the Party group of the National Development and Reform Commission. In 2017, he served as the director and secretary of the Party group of the National Development and Reform Commission.

In 2018, 63-year-old He Lifeng was elected vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and continued to serve as director of the National Development and Reform Commission and secretary of the party group.

According to China News Network, He Lifeng once proposed that China will focus on strengthening cooperation with countries along the route in eight major areas, continuously enrich the connotation of the Belt and Road Initiative, and build it into a road of peace, a road of stability and smooth security, and a road of emotional harmony among countries along the route.The road of mutual friendship, the road of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, and the road of sustainable and prosperous development.

In 2015, the Leading Group for Promoting the Construction of the Belt and Road made a public appearance with one principal and four deputy leaders. Zhang Gaoli, then Vice Premier of the State Council of China, served as the leader of the leading group.The office of the leading group was set up in the National Development and Reform Commission, and the director of the office was concurrently served by Xu Shaoshi, then secretary of the party group and director of the National Development and Reform Commission.

In September 2016, Xu Shaoshi made a public appearance in this capacity.On May 24 this year, official information showed that Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, had replaced Zhang Gaoli as the head of the leading group.