With the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Ren Xuefeng served as a member, standing committee member and deputy secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Ren Xuefeng, who was airborne, broke the practice of Guangzhou's official circles: in the past 30 years, there have been 9 Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee Secretaries (including the first secretary), including Xu Shijie, Xie Fei, Zhu Senlin, Gao Siren, Huang Huahua, Lin Shusen, Zhu Xiaodan, Zhang Guangning, and Wan Qingliang., have long-term working experience in Guangdong Province before taking office.

The last secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee who did not work in Guangdong for a long time can be traced back to Liang Lingguang.In November 1980, he was transferred from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Light Industry and Secretary of the Party Group to Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor.

Ren Xuefeng, male, Han nationality, born in October 1965 in Xingtai, Hebei Province, joined the Party in July 1985, started working in December 1988, graduated from the International Business School of Nankai University majoring in enterprise management, on-the-job graduate degree, doctor of management, professor, seniorengineer.

1984-1988 Studying in Organic Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Institute of Technology

1988-1991 Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Committee of Hebei Institute of Technology (during which: 1988.09-1991.03 Hebei Institute of Technology majored in polymer materials, on-the-job postgraduate study, and obtained a master's degree in engineering)

1991-1992 Secretary of the Youth League Committee of Hebei Institute of Technology (1992.06 Member of the Party Committee of the Institute)

1992-1993 Engineer, Business Division, Management Committee, Tianjin New Technology Industrial Park

1993-1994 Vice Minister of Industrial Investment Department of Tianjin New Technology Industrial Park Development Corporation

1994-1995 Deputy General Manager of Tianjin New Technology Industrial Park Development Corporation

1995-2001 General Manager of Tianjin New Technology Industrial Park Development Corporation (during which: 1995.09-1998.12 Nankai University International Business School majored in corporate management, received a doctorate in management; 1996.08-1997.02 West Virginia University School of Business Administration;1999.12-2001.12 Tianjin University, majoring in management science and engineering, engaged in postdoctoral research)

2001-2002 General Manager and Secretary of the Party Committee of Tianjin New Technology Industrial Park Development Corporation

2002-2004 Deputy Director of Tianjin New Technology Industrial Park Management Committee, General Manager and Secretary of the Party Committee of Tianjin New Technology Industrial Park Development Corporation (During the period: 2002.05-2002.08 Studying at the Business School of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)

2004-2007 Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Jinlian Group Co., Ltd.

2007-2008 Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of Hong Kong Jinlian Group Co., Ltd.

2008-2014 Deputy Mayor of Tianjin Municipal Government

2014-2017 Member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee

In 2017, Deputy Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee

2018.07 Deputy Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee

Alternate member of the 18th Central Committee and alternate member of the 19th Central Committee.Member of the Eleventh and Twelfth Guangdong Provincial Party Committee.

(Data from People’s Daily Online as of July 2018)