Peng Jinhui

Previously, he served as heads of the Organization Department of both the CPC Hainan Committee and the CPC Chongqing Committee. He was president of Yunnan Minzu University between 2013 and 2016 and president of Kunming University of Science and Technology between 2016 and 2018. He is of Yi ethnicity. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Peng was born in Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, in December 1964. He received his M.S. and a PhD degree in metallurgy from Kunming University of Science and Technology. After graduating, he taught at the university. He joined the Communist Party of China in July 1989. He carried out postdoctoral research at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from 1994 to 1996 and Brunel University London from 1999 to 2000. His career transitioned from research to administration when he was appointed as vice-president of Kunming University of Science and Technology in January 2014. In September 2013 he was promoted again to become president of Yunnan Minzu University. In February 2016, he was transferred back to Kunming University of Science and Technology and appointed the president.

He began his political career in 2018, when he was appointed vice-governor of Hainan in January. He concurrently served as party chief of Yangpu Economic Development Zone. In October 2018 he succeeded Wang Ruilian [zh] as head of Organization Department of the CPC Hainan Committee. On December 9, 2020, he was transferred to Chongqing and appointed head of Organization Department of the CPC Chongqing Committee, replacing Hu Wenrong.

• November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)