Huang Qifan

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Huang Qifan (simplified Chinese: 黄奇帆; traditional Chinese: 黃奇帆; pinyin: Huáng Qífān, born May 1952) is a Chinese politician, best known for serving as mayor of Chongqing, one of China’s four direct-administered municipalities, from 2009 to 2016. Huang began his career in Shanghai as an economic technocrat, helping to develop Pudong New Area in the 1990s, before being transferred to Chongqing as a deputy mayor in 2001. He earned a reputation as a political "tumbler" for surviving the downfalls of two Chongqing party chiefs, Bo Xilai and Sun Zhengcai. In 2026, a decade after his retirement, Huang was placed under investigation for corruption by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

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