Ruan Chengfa (Chinese: 阮成发; born 10 October 1957) is a Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary and Governor of Yunnan, and before that, Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan, mayor of Huangshi, head of the General Office of the Hubei Provincial Government, vice governor of Hubei, and party chief of Xiangfan.
He studied international communism at the Central China Normal University and also has a doctorate in law.
[1] After Ruan ascended to leading positions in Wuhan, abundant construction activity took place all over the city.
"[2] The intense construction work was blamed for extensive flooding after heavy rain in June 2011.
[5] On December 28, at the dedication ceremony of the Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway in Kunming, Ruan mispronounced the abbreviation of the province Zhen instead of Dian while reading off of a script, prompting mockery online, including comments that a doctorate in law should know better.
[7] On 23 October 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Social Development Affairs Committee.