Liu Xiaotao

Liu Xiaotao
刘小涛
Liu in March 2026
Governor of Jiangsu
Assumed office
9 October 2025
Acting: 9 October 2025 – 14 October 2025
Party SecretaryXin Changxing
Preceded byXu Kunlin
Party Secretary of Suzhou
In office
11 October 2023 – September 2025
DeputyWu Qingwen (Mayor)
Preceded byCao Lubao
Succeeded byFan Bo
Party Secretary of Wenzhou
In office
30 August 2021 – 11 October 2023
DeputyYao Gaoyuan → Zhang Zhenfeng (Mayor)
Preceded byChen Weijun
Succeeded byZhang Zhenfeng
Vice Governor of Zhejiang
In office
8 April 2020 – 29 September 2021
GovernorYuan JiajunZheng Shanjie
Secretary-General of the People's Government of Guangdong Province
In office
21 May 2019 – 23 June 2020
GovernorMa Xingrui
Preceded byZhang Hu [zh]
Succeeded byYe Niuping
Party Secretary of Chaozhou
In office
10 June 2017 – 8 May 2019
DeputyYin Zhaoju (Mayor)
Preceded byLi Shuihua
Succeeded byLi Yalin
Mayor of Shantou
In office
6 May 2016 – 7 August 2017
Party SecretaryChen Liangxian
Preceded byZheng Renhao
Succeeded byZheng Jian'ge
Personal details
BornJuly 1970 (age 55)
PartyChina Communist Party
Alma materRenmin University of China
WebsiteGovernor of Jiangsu Province
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Liu Xiaotao (Chinese: 刘小涛; Hakka: Liù Siáu-tho; born July 1970) is a Chinese politician of Hakka heritage from Xingning, Meizhou, Guangdong. He is currently the Governor of Jiangsu and Deputy Party Secretary of the CCP Jiangsu Provincial Committee. He holds a bachelor’s degree in labor economics from Renmin University of China and a postgraduate degree in political economy from the Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences.

Liu previously served in various positions in Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, including the Mayor of Shantou, Secretary-General of the Guangdong Provincial Government, Vice Governor of Zhejiang, Party Secretary of Chaozhou, Wenzhou, and Suzhou, Specifically-designated Deputy Party Secretary of Jiangsu, and Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provincial Committees.