Shi_Taifeng
Shi Taifeng
Chinese politician
Shi Taifeng (Chinese: 石泰峰; pinyin: Shí Tàifēng; born September 1956) is a Chinese politician currently serving as the head of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the first-ranking vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He is additionally a member of the CCP Politburo and a secretary of the CCP Secretariat.
Originally from Shanxi province, Shi spent part of his career at the Central Party School. He has served as the Deputy Party secretary of Jiangsu from 2011 to 2015. From 2014 to 2016, he has served as the Communist Party secretary of Suzhou, and as the governor of Jiangsu from 2015 to 2017. He was then moved to Ningxia, where he served as the CCP secretary from 2017 to 2019, and later to Inner Mongolia, where he served as the CCP secretary from 2019 to 2022. He also briefly served as the President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2022. He became a member of the Politburo and head of the UFWD in 2022. He was further promoted as the first-ranking CPPCC vice chairperson in 2023.