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    PEOPLE & POINTS

    Jul 14, 2022 3 minutes

    TIANJIN’S NEW MAYOR

    Zhang Gong was appointed mayor of Tianjin Municipality, the largest coastal city in north China, on July 6.

    Born in 1961 in Beijing, Zhang majored in electrical machinery in college. After graduating in 1983, he was employed by the Beijing Electric Appliance Research Institute and one decade later became its director. In 1997, he obtained a master’s degree in economics.

    From 2002 on, he ventured into a political career in Beijing where he was appointed as deputy director of the current Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology. From 2012 to 2018, he

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