Liu Cigui

His former positions include Governor of Hainan, Director of the State Oceanic Administration and China Coast Guard and Mayor of Xiamen and Longyan in Fujian province.

In 1973, during the late Cultural Revolution, he worked as a sent-down youth (zhiqing) in Shaowu County's Hongdun Commune.

He was appointed director of the province's Oceanic and Fishery Bureau in March 2000, studying oceanography at the graduate school of Xiamen University from September 2000 to July 2002 while on the job.

[1][2][3] On 1 February 2011, Liu Cigui was appointed Director of the State Oceanic Administration, part of the Ministry of Land and Resources.

[2] On 1 April 2017, Liu Cigui was appointed as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Hainan.