Lu Wei (politician)

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.

Lu Wei 鲁炜
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Chief of the General Office of the Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization (State Internet Information Office)
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2013
Group Leader	Xi Jinping
Vice-Mayor of Beijing
In office March 2011 – April 2013
Mayor	Guo Jinlong → Wang Anshun
Minister of Beijing Propaganda Department
In office March 2011 – April 2013
Secretary	Guo Jinlong
Personal details
Born	January 1960 (age 64) Chaohu, Anhui
Citizenship	China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Residence	Beijing
Alma mater	Guangxi University of Radio and Television Renmin University of China
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Chinese literature

Lu Wei (simplified Chinese: 鲁炜; traditional Chinese: 魯煒; pinyin: Lǔ Weǐ; born January 1960) is a Chinese politician and the senior executive official in charge of cybersecurity and internet policy in China. Lu currently serves as the deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China, the head of the General Office of the Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization (one in the same with the "State Internet Information Office"). Lu was previously Vice-Mayor of Beijing and the head of the Beijing Party organization's propaganda department, among other posts.

Biography

Lu was born in Chaohu, Anhui in January 1960.

In 1991, Lu worked in Xinhua News Agency of Guangxi province as the Deputy Director, he was promoted to become the Director in 1997.

From 2001 to 2004, he rose through the ranks to become Deputy Director of Xinhua News Agency.

In March 2011, Lu was appointed as the Vice-Mayor of Beijing, the Minister of Beijing Propaganda Department and a Standing Committee member of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, he remained in that positions until April 2013, when he was appointed the Chairman of State Internet Information Office, the Vice-Chairman of State Council Information Office.

In August 2013, Lu convened a meeting to publicize the Chinese Dream, which was described by Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, Charles Xue, Ji Lianhai, Pan Shiyi, Xu Shiping, Qi Xiangdong, Xu Xiaoping, Li Weining, Chen Li, Liao Hong, Gu Yongqiang, Chen Tong, Sun Jian, Hu Yanping, Gao Long, and Zhang Guoqing were invited to attend the meeting.

2014 visit to the United States

Lu visited the United States during the first week of December 2014. In Washington, D.C. he conferred with senior administration officials such as the National Security Council about issues such as alleged Chinese hacking activities and censorship. In Silicon Valley he was greeted warmly by the top management of major firms such as Apple, Facebook, and EBay.