Background
Sun Zhigang was born in May 1954 in Xingyang, Henan province.
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Career
He was formerly Vice-Governor of Anhui province and chief of the national office for health care reform. He joined the work force in February 1971 during the Cultural Revolution as a sent-down youth in Xingyang. In 1973, he entered Wuhan Institute of Metallurgy (now incorporated into Wuhan University of Science and Technology) as a gongnongbing (worker-peasant-soldier) student.
He joined the Communist Party of China in September 1976.
After graduating from college, Sun stayed at his alma mater as an instructor. He entered the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics to pursue graduate studies in economics, then he became, for a brief period, a research fellow at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.
In April 1985, he quit academia to pursue a career in politics, entering the Wuhan municipal government. In Wuhan, the provincial capital, Sun became the deputy head of the city"s economics commission, and also in charge of economic restructuring.
In March 1993 he was named vice mayor of Wuhan, then transferred to serve as the mayor of Yichang in August 1996, and promoted to party chief in March 1999.
After a comprehensive set of health care reforms were put into effect by the central government, Sun spearheaded implementation of the reforms in Anhui province, pioneering a government drug purchase program which was circulated at the national level and dubbed the "Anhui model." He was then tasked with implementing the Anhui model nationwide, taking on the role of deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission in March 2010, and then in December 2010, the chief of the Office of Health Care Reform. In a government reshuffle in March 2013, Sun was named deputy director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission. On 16 October 2015, Sun was appointed acting governor of Guizhou province, succeeding Chen Minister"er, who had been promoted to provincial party chief
Sun"s governorship was duly confirmed by the provincial People"s Congress on 30 January 2016.
Politics
Through his career he has served as vice-chairman of Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People"s Political Consultative Conference, the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shaanxi, and the Party Secretary of Xi"an. He entered politics in December 1969, and joined the Communist Party of China in November 1971. He served as vice-mayor of Xi"an in December 1998, and held that office until October 2000, when he was promoted to become deputy party boss.
In July 2006 he was promoted again to become party boss, the top political position in the city and at vice-ministerial level, he held that position until June 2012. He rose to become deputy party boss of Shaanxi in May 2012, and concurrently served as vice-chairman of Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People"s Political Consultative Conference in January 2015. In November he was removed from his post by the cost per click Shaanxi Provincial Committee and was placed on two-year probation within the Party, having held the consultative position for only nine months.
Membership
He became a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee in June 2002, and the secretary-general of the Party Committee, becoming chief of staff under then-party chief Yu Zhengsheng. Beginning in September 2006, Sun began serving as executive vice governor of Anhui province, and a member of the party ruling council there.
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