Career
Huang is originally from Zhejiang province, and previously served as party chief of Ningbo, and the party chief of Taizhou. Born in October 1954 in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province, he joined the Communist Party of China in 1973. Between 1983 and 1987, Huang served as the party chief in Xiangshan County.
He went to Taizhou in July 1987, taking the office of deputy party chief and prefecture commissioner.
During his time in office, he advocated for Taizhou to become a "prefecture-level city" and Huang earned the title of "Mayor". Taizhou"s economy developed rapidly during Huang"s term.
lieutenant became one of the most affluent cities in the Yangtze River Delta. He was appointed to be the secretary-general of the Zhejiang provincial government.
In January 1998, he was named vice governor of Zhejiang Province, then became the party chief of the city of Ningbo.
During this time he also entered the ranks of the provincial party leadership, with a seat on the provincial Party Standing Committee, working directly under then-Zhejiang Party Secretary Xi Jinping, who later became party General Secretary. In November 2003 Huang was transferred to work in the coastal city of as vice mayor. In November 2003, Huang became the executive vice mayor of, overseeing the economy and statistics collection.
During his term as vice mayor, he was known for his cooperation with other city departments.
In December 2007, he was named acting mayor of, and confirmed a few months later by the municipal People"s Congress, replacing Dai Xianglong. In December 2014, Huang, after serving as mayor for some seven years, became the acting party chief of, replacing Sun Chunlan, who was transferred to work as head of the United Front Work Department in Beijing.
However, Huang was not confirmed as official party chief for unknown reasons. Under Huang, on April 21, 2015, "s first free trade experimental zone opened.
Huang attended its inauguration.
The trial of Zhou Yongkang, the highest-ranked official to go on trial since the Cultural Revolution, also took place in between April and May, 2015, under Huang"s watch. The 2015 explosions took place during Huang"s tenure. Several days after the explosion, Huang was named head of the response committee.
He told journalists that he "takes inescapable responsibility" for the incident as he was the main official in charge of He was among the finalists for the 2010 World Mayor prize.