Shenzhen names Li Yun acting mayor after Qin Weizhong quits
On.cc · 2 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago3 MIN
Summary
Shenzhen has changed its city government leadership after the local legislature accepted Qin Weizhong’s resignation as mayor because of a job change and appointed Li Yun as vice-mayor and acting mayor at the same meeting. The decision was made at the 49th meeting of the Standing Committee of the seventh Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress on August 24, where Standing Committee chairman Dai Yunlong presented Li with his letter of appointment
Key Points
- The Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee voted on August 24 to accept Qin Weizhong’s resignation as mayor due to a change of post.
- The same meeting appointed Li Yun, recently elevated to Guangdong vice-governor, as Shenzhen vice-mayor and acting mayor.
- Guangdong provincial authorities recently approved Li as a member, standing committee member and deputy secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee
- Shenzhen’s party committee also decided Li would serve as secretary of the leading party members group of the municipal government
- Li, 53, is from Songzi in Hubei and previously worked for years in Agricultural Bank of China and later China Construction Bank
- Li told members of the city legislature he would maintain a firm political stance, implement decisions from the central authorities, the provincial government and the Shenzhen party committee, and push reform, opening-up and innovation through government work. He also said he would focus on high-quality development and modernization, improve people’s livelihoods, uphold law-based administration, raise government efficiency and strengthen clean governance across the government system
- According to his published résumé, Li completed a master’s degree in monetary banking at Wuhan University in September 1997 and received a doctorate in world economy from the same university in July 2000. He became president of Agricultural Bank of China’s Guizhou branch in November 2017, was appointed vice-president of China Construction Bank in November 2021, and was promoted to vice-governor of Guangdong in March 2025
- Separately, Anhui’s provincial organization department said on August 23 that the provincial party committee had decided to appoint Qin Weiguo, an Anhui provincial standing committee member and head of the provincial political and legal affairs commission, as Hefei party secretary. Public records cited by on.cc said Qin Weiguo, born in June 1970, had previously served in Guangxi transport investment, the Anhui provincial government, Huaibei city and later as Anhui vice-governor and public security chief before his latest reassignment
Why It Matters
For Hong Kong readers and businesses with deep links to Shenzhen, an acting mayor’s appointment is a closely watched personnel change because the city is central to cross-border economic coordination in the Greater Bay Area. Li’s stated emphasis on reform, innovation, administrative efficiency and livelihood issues offers the clearest early guide to the policy tone he is expected to bring into the role.