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{{Short description|Vice President of China since 2023}}
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| president           = [[Xi Jinping]]
| term_start          = 10 March 2023
| term_end            = 
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| successor           = 
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| alongside1          = [[Sun Chunlan]], [[Hu Chunhua]], [[Liu He (politician)|Liu He]]
| premier1            = [[Li Keqiang]]
| term_start1         = 19 March 2018
| term_end1           = 11 March 2023
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| term_start2         = 20 November 2012
| term_end2           = 29 October 2017
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| predecessor2        = [[Yu Zhengsheng]]
| successor2          = [[Li Qiang]]
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| term_end3           = 24 March 2007
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| 1namedata3          = [[Hu Jintao]]
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| term_end4           = 26 December 2012
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| successor4          = Yang Xiong
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| 2018–2023: Deputy Leader, [[Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms|Commission on Comprehensively Deepening Reforms]]
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'''Han Zheng''' ({{zh|s=韩正|p=Hán Zhèng}}; born April 1954) is a Chinese politician who since 2023 has served as the 11th [[Vice President of China|vice president of China]]. He previously served as the [[Vice Premier of China|first-ranking vice premier of China]] between 2018 and 2023, and as the seventh-ranking member of the [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo Standing Committee]] of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) between 2017 and 2022.

Han served as [[Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary|CCP deputy committee secretary]] and [[List of mayors of Shanghai|mayor]] of [[Shanghai]] between 2003 and 2012. In November 2012, he was promoted to become the [[Party Secretary of Shanghai|CCP committee secretary]] of Shanghai, the top political post in the city, and also gained a seat on the [[CCP Politburo]]. In October 2017, he became a member of the [[19th CCP Politburo Standing Committee]], the top decision-making body in China, and in March 2018 became the first-ranked vice premier of China. During this tenure he served as the CCP's top leader in regards to [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] affairs, presiding over the government's response to the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]] and the [[2021 Hong Kong electoral changes]].

Han retired from the Politburo Standing Committee, as well as the broader Central Committee after the [[20th CCP National Congress]] in October 2022. At the [[2023 National People's Congress]] in March 2023, Han was elected the [[vice president of China]] and a deputy to the [[14th National People's Congress]]. Regarded as "number eight" in seniority of the leadership of China and a close adviser to CCP general secretary and Chinese president [[Xi Jinping]], Han's ceremonial role in the state government has focused on foreign affairs and diplomacy. He has served as Xi's special representative at events such as the [[coronation of Charles III and Camilla]] in 2023 and the [[second inauguration of Donald Trump]] in 2025.

==Early career==
He was born in [[Shanghai]] in April 1954, but traces his ancestry to [[Cixi City|Cixi]], in neighboring [[Zhejiang]] province.<ref name="jianli">{{cite web |url = http://sh.xinhuanet.com/2012-05/22/c_131604326.htm |script-title=zh:韩正同志简历 |publisher = [[Xinhua News]] Shanghai |language=zh-cn |date = 2012-05-22 |access-date = 2013-09-06 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140104232502/http://sh.xinhuanet.com/2012-05/22/c_131604326.htm |archive-date = 4 January 2014 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> He was a [[sent-down youth]] during the [[Cultural Revolution]], working at a collective farm in [[Chongming District|Chongming County]], Shanghai. He later worked at a warehouse of a lifting installation company, later working at the company's supply and marketing division. He additionally served as a deputy secretary of the [[Communist Youth League of China]] (CYLC) between 1975 and 1980. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1979.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Li |title=Han Zheng 韩正 |url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20thpartycongress_han_zheng.pdf |access-date=2 September 2023 |publisher=[[Brookings Institution]]}}</ref>

He then worked at the Shanghai Chemical Equipment Industry company in an administrative role between 1980 and 1982.<ref name=":2" /> He was the secretary of the CYLC committee at the Chemical Industry Bureau of the [[Shanghai Municipal People's Government]] between 1982 and 1986, and the deputy CCP secretary of the Shanghai School of Chemical Engineering between 1986 and 1987. He worked as the CCP secretary and deputy director of the Shanghai No. 6 Rubber Shoes Factory between 1987 and 1988; during this time, he was praised by then Shanghai mayor [[Zhu Rongji]].<ref name="zhurongji">{{cite web |url = http://www.yicai.com/news/2013/08/2939288.html |script-title = zh:韩正回忆朱镕基下工厂：第一句话就是批评 |publisher = Yicai |language = zh-cn |date = August 14, 2013 |author = Xu Yanyan |access-date = 18 August 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130824193842/http://www.yicai.com/news/2013/08/2939288.html |archive-date = 24 August 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

He was the CCP secretary and deputy director of the Dazhonghua Rubber Plant between 1988 and 1990. Between 1983 and 1985, he additionally attended a two-year college program in [[Fudan University]], and later completed an undergraduate degree in politics at the [[East China Normal University]] between 1985 and 1987 through part-time studies.<ref name=":2" />

In June 1990, Han officially entered the CYLC Shanghai Committee, and would rise to become its deputy secretary in charge of day-to-day work, then elevated to secretary in 1991.<ref name=":2" /> In November 1992 he was named governor and deputy CCP secretary of [[Luwan District]]. During his tenure in the district, Han spearheaded the [[Huaihai Road]] revitalization initiative, transforming the street to a glamorous shopping destination.  Han also focused on fixing the ecology of the district and expanding its green spaces. He then obtained a master's degree in international political economy from East China Normal University between 1991 and 1994 and earned the title of senior economist.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="vitae">{{cite web |url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Han_Zheng/career |title=Biography of Han Zheng |publisher=China Vitae |access-date=16 January 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181026/http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Han_Zheng/career |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Career in Shanghai ==
In July 1995, Han was named deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, during which he was made the deputy CCP secretary of the Municipal Comprehensive Economic Work Committee, the director of the City Planning Commission, and the director of the Securities Management Office. In December 1997, he was named a member of the municipal [[Chinese Communist Party Provincial Standing Committee|CCP Standing Committee]] for the first time, entering sub-provincial ranks.<ref name=":2" /> In February 1998 he was named vice mayor of Shanghai; in May 2002 he was named Deputy CCP Secretary of Shanghai.<ref name="vitae" /> Han joined the [[Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]] at the [[16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|16th Party Congress]] in 2002.<ref name=":2" /> In 2003 he was named the Mayor of Shanghai.<ref name=":2" />

[[File:LulaHan.jpg|thumb|left|Han with the [[President of Brazil]], [[Lula da Silva]] in 2004]]
In 2006, Han became the acting [[Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary|CCP Committee Secretary]] of Shanghai after the dismissal of [[Chen Liangyu]] over corruption probes during the [[Shanghai pension scandal]].<ref name="Meet Han Zheng SCMP" /> His tenure as the interim party secretary in Shanghai lasted a five months, when on 24 March 2007, [[Xi Jinping]] was elected Shanghai Party Secretary from the same post in the neighboring province of Zhejiang.<ref name="Meet Han Zheng SCMP" /> After serving as aide to Xi, Xi became a member of [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP Politburo Standing Committee]] in October 2007, and became vice president in 2008.<ref name="Meet Han Zheng SCMP" />

[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the Shanghai CPC Secretary, Mr. Han Zheng, in Shanghai, China on May 16, 2015.jpg|thumb|Han with the [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Narendra Modi]] in 2015]]

[[Yu Zhengsheng]] succeeded Xi as Shanghai Party Secretary, and Han worked for him for the next five years.<ref name="Meet Han Zheng SCMP" /> By 2008 Han was expected to step back from leadership as fallout from Chen's scandal, though Yu encouraged the relevant authorities in Beijing to keep Han on.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ren |first=Daniel |date=October 25, 2017 |title=Han Zheng: the Chinese technocrat who rose to the top by staying afloat |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2116965/han-zheng-chinese-technocrat-who-rose-top-staying |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107070335/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2116965/han-zheng-chinese-technocrat-who-rose-top-staying |archive-date=January 7, 2025 |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |access-date=January 19, 2025 }}</ref> Han assumed the party secretary post in November 2012, shortly after the conclusion of the [[18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|18th CCP National Congress]], and also gained a seat on the [[18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{cite news |date=26 December 2012 |script-title=zh:韩正辞去上海市市长职务 杨雄任上海市代市长 |language=zh |newspaper=Eastday |url=http://shzw.eastday.com/shzw/G/20121226/u1ai96290.html |access-date=30 December 2012 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120848/http://shzw.eastday.com/shzw/G/20121226/u1ai96290.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Due to his long career in Shanghai, Han is considered to be a member of the [[Shanghai clique]].<ref name=":2" />

== Vice Premier ==
Han was chosen to be a member of the [[19th CCP Politburo Standing Committee]], China's top decision-making body, at the first plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on 25 October 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-congress/china-unveils-new-leadership-line-up-with-no-clear-successor-to-xi-idUKKBN1CT34E |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171025110105/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-congress/china-unveils-new-leadership-line-up-with-no-clear-successor-to-xi-idUKKBN1CT34E |url-status = dead |archive-date = 25 October 2017 |title = China unveils new leadership line-up with no clear successor to Xi |last1=Wen |first1=Philip |last2=Blanchard |first2=Ben |date = 24 October 2017 |access-date = 26 October 2017 |work = [[Reuters]] }}</ref>
In March 2018 the [[National People's Congress]] appointed him as the [[Vice Premier of China|first-ranked vice premier of the State Council]] in [[Li Keqiang Government]].

=== Hong Kong ===
Han succeeded [[Zhang Dejiang]] as the leader of the [[Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs|Central Coordination Group for Hong Kong and Macau Affairs]] in April 2018, making him the CCP's top leader in regards to Hong Kong and Macau affairs. The Central Coordination Group was later upgraded to a Central Leading Group in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Tony |last2=Cheung |first2=Gary |last3=Lok-kei |first3=Sum |date=29 May 2020 |title=National security law: Hong Kong delegates to NPC say US retaliatory measures will not weaken Beijing's resolve |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3086780/national-security-law-hong-kong-delegates-npc-say-us |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref>

Han was a key figure in the Chinese leadership's response during the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Zhai |first1=Keith |last2=Pomfret |first2=James |last3=Kirton |first3=David |date=2019-11-26 |title=Exclusive: China sets up Hong Kong crisis center in mainland, considers replacing chief liaison |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-shenzhen-exclusive-idUSKBN1Y000P |access-date=2023-09-03}}</ref> According to a [[Reuters]] report in 2019, shortly after the [[storming of the Legislative Council Complex]], Han Zheng authorized Hong Kong chief executive [[Carrie Lam]] to directly communicate with his office, rather than go through the [[Hong Kong Liaison Office]].<ref name=":0" /> It also reported that Han summoned Lam to the Bauhinia Villa, used by the Chinese government for talks with Hong Kong officials, on 12 June. There, Lam proposed the suspension of the [[2019 Hong Kong extradition bill|extradition bill]] which triggered the protests, which Han then agreed to after talking to other leaders in China.<ref name=":0" />

In March 2021, Han said that [[2021 Hong Kong electoral changes|electoral reforms]] in Hong Kong, designed to reduce the power of [[District councils of Hong Kong|district councillors]] and to increase the power of the [[Election Committee (Hong Kong)|election committee]], were being implemented to "prevent subversion."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Han Zheng calls overhaul 'a war against subversion' - RTHK|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1579228-20210307.htm?|access-date=2021-03-16|website=news.rthk.hk|language=en-gb}}</ref>

== Vice President ==
[[File:The Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly meets with Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing (53152358375).jpg|thumb|Han with British foreign secretary [[James Cleverly]] in 2023]]
[[File:Беседа с Заместителем Председателя КНР Хань Чжэном 3.jpg|thumb|Han Zheng with Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] in Beijing during Putin's [[2024 visit by Vladimir Putin to China|visit to China]] in May 2024]]
After the [[20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|20th CCP National Congress]] in October 2022, Han Zheng retired from the Politburo Standing Committee, as well as the broader Central Committee, at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite news |title=中共二十大闭幕：李克强汪洋韩正栗战书未名列中央委员 |language=zh-hans |publisher=BBC News 中文 |url=https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-63355764 |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref> He was subsequently elected as a deputy to the [[14th National People's Congress]] (NPC), the only departing PSC member to do so. On 10 March 2023, Han was elected during [[2023 National People's Congress|the first session]] of the 14th NPC as the [[vice president of China]], succeeding [[Wang Qishan]].<ref name="Meet Han Zheng SCMP">{{Cite news |last=Ma |first=Josephine |date=10 March 2023 |title=Meet Han Zheng, the man just appointed China's new vice-president |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3212351/meet-han-zheng-man-just-appointed-chinas-new-vice-president |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324224342/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3212351/meet-han-zheng-man-just-appointed-chinas-new-vice-president |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref> As vice president, Han is known as "number eight" in seniority of the leadership of China, after the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee<ref name="BBC Zheng">{{Cite news |last=Ng |first=Kelly |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Who is China sending to Trump's inauguration? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62666dl4r0o |access-date=January 18, 2025 |publisher=BBC News }}</ref> while his role in the government remains ceremonial<ref name="Meet Han Zheng SCMP" /> and concerns serving as an [[diplomacy|envoy]] for, and close adviser to, Xi Jinping.<ref name="AP who is">{{cite news |last=Bodeen |first=Christopher |date=January 20, 2025 |url=https://apnews.com/article/han-zheng-trump-inauguration-china-vice-president-5bb18d5049683d6624a9e1d4ee028104 |title=Vice President Han Zheng, China's representative at Trump's inauguration, is a trusted adviser to Xi |work=[[AP News]] |access-date=January 20, 2025 }}</ref>

As vice president, Han has taken part in diplomatic activities. Han was CCP general secretary and president Xi Jinping's special representative at the [[coronation of Charles III and Camilla]] in May 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 May 2023 |title=Chinese vice president attends King Charles III's coronation ceremony |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |url=https://english.news.cn/20230507/4d8c1b6b7e5d40ba87d6b4dcf1c55538/c.html |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref> In August, Han met with British foreign secretary [[James Cleverly]] in Beijing. He additionally attended the [[general debate of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly]], giving a speech on 21 September.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Magnier |first=Mark |date=22 September 2023 |title=Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng tells UN General Assembly to oppose 'hegemonism' |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3235393/chinese-vice-president-han-zheng-tells-un-general-assembly-oppose-hegemonism |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref> Han also met with [[United States Secretary of State|US secretary of state]] [[Antony Blinken]] on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that month.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pamuk |first1=Humeyra |last2=Martina |first2=Michael |date=September 18, 2023 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/top-us-diplomat-blinken-meets-chinas-vp-han-un-amid-strained-ties-2023-09-18/ |title=Top US diplomat Blinken meets China's VP Han at U.N. amid strained ties |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=January 18, 2025 }}</ref> In October, Han attended the [[inauguration of Prabowo Subianto|inauguration]] of [[Prabowo Subianto]] as the eighth [[president of Indonesia]].<ref name="BBC Zheng"/>

In May 2024, Han met with Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] in [[Harbin]], where both Han and Putin attended the opening ceremony of 8th China-Russia expo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wu |first1=Huizhong |last2=Fujiyama |first2=Emily Wang |date=May 17, 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/article/putin-visit-china-xi-907134e5d2ec2cc62376caca5d8df79b|title=Putin concludes a trip to China by emphasizing its strategic and personal ties to Russia |publisher=[[AP News]]}}</ref> On 10 October, he succeeded Wang Qishan as the honorary president of the [[Red Cross Society of China]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 October 2024 |title=中国红十字会第十二次全国会员代表大会闭幕 |trans-title=The 12th National Congress of the Red Cross Society of China closed |url=http://www.news.cn/20241010/eaabafdc76f140e894b7e45ebbbbc72e/c.html |access-date=31 October 2024 |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]]}}</ref> He attended the [[second inauguration of Donald Trump]] on 20 January 2025 as President Xi's special representative.<ref>{{cite web |title=President Xi Jinping's Special Representative Han Zheng to Attend the Inauguration Ceremony of U.S. President |url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/wsrc/202501/t20250117_11536969.html |website=www.fmprc.gov.cn |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]] |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref> Han's attendance marks the first time a senior official of China's government has been sent to a US presidential inauguration.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sim |first=Dewey |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng to attend Donald Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3295107/chinese-vice-president-han-zheng-attend-trumps-inauguration |access-date=January 18, 2025 |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref> Han's presence at the event, as he is a trusted senior official, was seen by commentators as representative of Xi's interest in strengthening [[China–United States relations]].<ref name="AP who is"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Simone |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Who is Han Zheng, the senior Chinese official attending Trump's inauguration? |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/china/han-zheng-trump-inauguration-intl-hnk/index.html |agency=[[CNN]] |access-date=January 20, 2025 }}</ref> Han attended separate meetings with incoming US vice president [[JD Vance]] and Trump ally [[Elon Musk]] before the inauguration, where Han and each of the two reaffirmed this directive to promote agreement and stable relations between their respective countries.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Orange |date=January 20, 2025 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3295419/china-vice-president-han-meets-vance-musk-ahead-trump-inauguration |title=Han and Vance strike positive tone for US-China ties ahead of Trump inauguration |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |access-date=January 20, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120045309/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3295419/china-vice-president-han-meets-vance-musk-ahead-trump-inauguration |archive-date=20 January 2025 }}</ref>

== Family ==
Han Zheng is married to Wang Ming, who reportedly once served as a vice chair of the Shanghai Charity Foundation. They have one daughter.<ref name=":2" />

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