Lu Zhipeng

Lu Zhipeng (Chinese: 陆志鹏; born October 1964) is a Chinese politician and business executive. He currently serves as president of the China Electronics Data Science and Intelligent Engineering Research Institute. He previously held senior political positions in Jiangsu Province, including Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Nantong and mayor of Taizhou.^[1]

Lu was born in Mengjin, Henan Province, in October 1964. He studied electronic engineering at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (then Nanjing Aeronautical Institute) between 1983 and 1987, and remained at the university as a student counselor and Communist Youth League secretary. He later became deputy secretary of the university’s Communist Youth League committee and Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of the Department of Electronic Engineering. From 1991 to 1994, he pursued graduate studies in communications and electronic systems, earning a master's degree in engineering.^[2][3]

In 1994, Lu was named secretary of the university’s Communist Youth League committee. In 1996, he transitioned to industry, working as deputy general manager and board member of the Nanjing Instrument and Meter Holding Group. In 1999, he entered politics as secretary of the Communist Youth League Nanjing Municipal Committee, earning the title of senior engineer that same year.^[4][5]

Lu later served in leadership roles in Nanjing’s Jianye District, becoming acting district governor in 2002, then district governor, and later Party secretary. While in office, he was also executive deputy commander of the Nanjing Hexi New City Development Command. Between 2001 and 2010, he completed doctoral studies in management science and engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, earning a PhD.^[6]

In 2010, Lu was appointed vice mayor of Nanjing, before being promoted in 2011 to deputy secretary-general of the Jiangsu provincial government. In December 2013, he was transferred to Taizhou as deputy Party secretary and acting mayor, becoming mayor in January 2014.^[7] He served until January 2016, when he was appointed Communist Party secretary of Nantong and chairman of the Nantong Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee, positions he held until December 2019.^[8][9]

In December 2019, Lu was appointed deputy general manager and Party group member of China Electronics Corporation (CEC).^[10] He later became president of the China Electronics Data Science and Intelligent Engineering Research Institute.^[1][8]

Lu has served as a member of the 13th Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, a delegate to the 13th Jiangsu Provincial Party Congress, a delegate to the 12th Jiangsu Provincial People’s Congress, and a member of the 12th Nantong Municipal Committee. He was also a delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1][11]