Chen Xu (politician)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

For other people named Chen Xu, see Chen Xu (disambiguation).

Chen Xu (Chinese: 陈旭; born 1 July 1963) is a Chinese politician and the current deputy head of the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department and director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, in office since 2022. Previously she served as the CCP committee secretary of Tsinghua University. She was an alternate member the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and is a member of the 20th Central Committee.

Chen Xu
陈旭
Chen in 2024
Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 June 2022
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Pan Yue
Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2022
Head	You Quan Shi Taifeng
Communist Party Secretary of Tsinghua University
In office 30 December 2013 – 25 February 2022
President	Chen Jining Qiu Yong
Preceded by	Hu Heping
Succeeded by	Qiu Yong
Personal details
Born	(1963-07-01) 1 July 1963 Baoding, Hebei, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Tsinghua University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	陈旭
Traditional Chinese	陳旭
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Xù

Biography

Chen was born in Baoding, Hebei province on 1 July 1963. In 1981, she was accepted to Tsinghua University, majoring in electronics. After graduation, she stayed and worked at the university. She joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 1984. She was named deputy party secretary in February 2006. She moved up the ranks to become vice-president in December 2007 and executive deputy party secretary in June 2009. In December 2013, she was elevated to party secretary of Tsinghua University, a position at vice-ministerial level.

In February 2022, she was transferred to the United Front Work Department and appointed deputy head. In June, she concurrently serves as director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, succeeding Pan Yue.