
Wang was Hubei’s governor from 2017 to 2021 and was widely ridiculed on social media after he said at a press conference in late January 2020 that the province could make 10.8 billion surgical masks. An aide then passed him a note and he corrected himself to say 10.8 million.
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In June 2021, Wang was transferred to Beijing to serve as deputy director of the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a senior semi-retirement position.
It capped a political career that began in 1983 in southeastern Jiangxi province before his transfer a decade later to southwestern Guizhou province, where he rose to vice-governor. He was transferred to Hubei in 2011.
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