Wang Daoxi

Wang Daoxi (Chinese: 王道席; born June 1970) is a Chinese engineer and politician who currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Vice Governor of Hunan Province. He previously held leadership positions in the Ministry of Water Resources, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, the Emergency Management Ministry, and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.^[1]

Wang Daoxi was born in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, in June 1970. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1991 and began his professional career in July 1996. A graduate of Hohai University, Wang earned a master's degree and later a doctorate in hydrology and water resources, and he holds the professional title of professor-level senior engineer.^[2]

From 1989 to 1993, Wang studied terrestrial hydrology at the Department of Hydrology of Hohai University and continued as a postgraduate in hydrology and water resources from 1993 to 1996. After a brief period awaiting job placement, he began his career at the Planning and Design Institute of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission in July 1996. He later became deputy director of the Information Systems Office in 1999 while pursuing his doctoral studies.^[3][4]

Between 2001 and 2004, Wang held various positions in the Planning Department of the Institute and subsequently served as Director of the “Digital Yellow River” Office under the commission's Office of the Chief Engineer. During this period, he completed postdoctoral research at the Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources of Tsinghua University. In 2004, he became Director of the Water Dispatch Division of the Water Resources Management and Regulation Bureau and later its deputy director in 2007.^[5]

Wang moved to the Heihe River Basin Administration in 2009 as Deputy Chief Engineer and was promoted to deputy director and Party Group Member in 2010, concurrently serving as Chief Engineer.^[6] In 2014, he was appointed Director and Party Secretary of the Heihe River Basin Administration. In August 2016, he briefly served as Director of the Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research before being appointed Director and Deputy Party Secretary of the institute, a position he held until March 2021. He also completed mid-career cadre training at the Central Party School in 2019.^[7]

In March 2021, Wang became Vice Chairman of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and a member of its government's Party Leadership Group. In December 2022, he was appointed Vice Minister of Water Resources and a member of the Ministry's Party Leadership Group.^[8] In early 2023, he also became a member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Emergency Management, later serving concurrently as Vice Minister of the Emergency Management Ministry and Vice Minister of Water Resources until October 2025.^[9][10]

In November 2025, Wang was appointed to the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and became Vice Governor of Hunan Province.^[11][12]