Wang Hongxiang

Wang Hongxiang (born in June 1963, Chinese: 王洪祥), born in Xiantao, Hubei Province, is a Chinese politician. He presently holds the positions of Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Executive Vice President of the China Law Society, in addition to being a Member of the Standing Committee and deputy director of the Constitution and Law Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC).

Wang commenced his professional career in July 1984 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1987. He held significant roles in the Supreme People's Procuratorate, such as deputy director and subsequently Director of the Division of Legal Application Research, deputy director of the General Office (since 1999), and deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau (since 2000, with bureau-level rank established in 2003). Subsequently, he occupied positions including deputy director of the Political Department, director of the Office for Judicial Reform, and deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at the Supreme People's Procuratorate, while also serving as director of the Inspection Bureau.^[1][2]

In December 2016, he assumed the role of Director of the Political Department of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, became a member of its Party Leadership Group, joined the Procuratorial Committee, and served as Secretary of the Party Committee of its institutions. In March 2017, he was named to the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and in April, he assumed the role of Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission.^[3] In 2019, he ascended to the position of Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.^[4] In March 2023, he was designated as deputy director of the NPC Constitution and Law Committee,^[5] and in 2024, he assumed the role of Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the China Law Society. Since January 2025, he has held the positions of executive vice president and party secretary of the China Law Society while also maintaining his legislative role in the NPC.^[6]