| Office | Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
|---|---|
| Term start | 17 March 2018 |
| Term end | 10 March 2023 |
| 1blankname | Chairman |
| 1namedata | Li Zhanshu |
| Office 1 | Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |
| Term start 1 | 18 December 2012 |
| Term end 1 | 10 December 2022 |
| Predecessor 1 | Zhou Tienong |
| Successor 1 | Zheng Jianbang |
| Office 2 | Vice President of the Supreme People's Court |
| Term start 2 | 29 April 2000 |
| Term end 2 | 14 March 2013 |
| 1blankname 2 | President |
| 1namedata 2 | Xiao Yang Wang Shengjun |
| Birth date | May 1956 (age 70–71) |
| Birth place | Gong'an County, Hubei, China |
| Party | Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |
| Education | Wuhan University (BA, LLD) Yale University (LLM) |
Wan Exiang (; born May 1956) is a Chinese politician and jurist who served as a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2018 to 2023. He was the chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang between 2012 and 2022.
Early life and education
Wan Exiang was born in Gong'an, Hubei, in 1956. Wan received his B.A. degree from Wuhan University in 1980, LL.M. degree from Yale Law School in 1987 and LL.D. degree from Wuhan University School of Law in 1988. After graduation, he joined the faculty of Wuhan University.
Career
Wan was elected as the vice president of the Intermediate People's Court of Wuhan in 1996, vice president of the High People's Court of Hubei in 1999, and Vice President of the Supreme People's Court of China in 2000. He was elected the chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang in 2012.
In a 2013 interview, Wan said that the Chinese people crave the growth and stability of one-party rule and that the West had a fixation with electoral democracy. "We once had more than 300 parties in the early stage of the Republic of China, and the consequences were rivalry among political parties and warlords, and national disintegration. China could never have obtained such brilliant economic success today if we followed that kind of political system."[1]
Wan attended the Group of 20 parliament speakers in Tokyo, Japan, on November 4, 2019. He announced that China is ready to strengthen parliamentary exchanges with Japan to better promote the improvement and development of bilateral relations.[2][3]
On 7 December 2020, pursuant to Executive Order 13936, the US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on all 14 Vice Chairpeople of the National People's Congress, including Wan, for "undermining Hong Kong's autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly."[4]
References
- ^ Jacobs, Andrew; Patrick Zuo; Shi Da (March 12, 2013). "Non-Communist Parties Lend China an Air of Pluralism, Without the Mess". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Archived 15 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ huaxia (ed.) (2019-11-07). "Wan Exiang attends G20 parliament speakers' meeting in Tokyo". Xinhua News. XinhuaNet. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022.
- ^ huaxia (ed.) (2019-11-07). "Senior Chinese legislator calls for more parliamentary exchanges with Japan". Xinhua News. XinhuaNet. Archived from the original on November 7, 2019.
- ^ "Hong Kong-related Designations | U.S. Department of the Treasury". home.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
External links
- Wan Exiang's profile at Wuhan University website Archived 2006-12-02 at the Wayback Machine