As a candidate, Liu Liehong was appointed as the first director of the newly established National Bureau, and the State Council appointed him as the director of the National Bureau
According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, on July 28th, the State Council appointed and dismissed national staff members, and appointed Liu Liehong as the Director of the National Data Bureau.
According to official information, Liu Liehong, male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1968 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, holds a postgraduate degree in management, a doctoral degree in management, and a senior engineer at the research level. He enjoys the "Special Government Allowance" of the State Council and is a candidate member of the 20th Central Committee.
He has served as an assistant engineer and engineer at the 29th Research Institute of the Ministry of Mechanical and Electronic Industry, deputy director and director of the 2nd Research Office of the 29th Research Institute of the Ministry of Electronic Industry, deputy director of the 29th Research Institute of Electronics of the Ministry of Information Industry, director and party secretary of the 2nd Research Institute of Electronics of the Ministry of Information Industry, and other positions.
In November 2004, Liu Liehong was appointed as the Deputy General Manager of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation. In February 2017, he served as the director, general manager and deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group of China Electronics Technology Group Co., Ltd.; in July 2018, he served as the deputy director of the Office of the Central Network Security and Informatization Commission and the deputy director of the National Internet Information Office. In June 2020, he was appointed as a member of the Party Group and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, responsible for the development, management, security, and retired cadres of the information and communication industry.
According to media reports, during his tenure as Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Liu Liehong appeared multiple times in the public eye and emphasized the need to "accelerate the construction of 5G networks.". In May 2021, at the "2021 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Conference", Liu Liehong said that 5G is mainly a technology aimed at industry scenarios. "China is one of the first countries to commercialize 5G, and its technology, industry, and application have entered a 'no man's land', especially in the integration and application of industry and even the real economy. There is no experience to learn from, and it is necessary to grasp the new characteristics of 5G, based on national conditions, and walk out a path of 5G development with Chinese characteristics."
On August 27, 2021, the Central Organization Department announced the appointment of Liu Liehong as the Party Secretary and Chairman of China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. He is also the first Chairman of China Unicom to directly parachute from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology after the 18th National Congress.
In February this year, Liu Liehong published the signed article "Boosting Chinese path to modernization with Digitization, Networking and Intelligence" in the magazine Red Flag Manuscript, which is the director and sponsor of Qiushi magazine. He stated in the article that developing the digital economy is a strategic choice to seize the new opportunities of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and promoting the integration of the digital economy and the real economy is an important component of promoting high-quality development of China's economy. Liu Liehong pointed out that the overall level of China's digital information infrastructure has achieved a leapfrog improvement, and the world's largest and technologically advanced network infrastructure has been built, making great strides from a network power to a network power.
According to the Chinese government website, there are currently 17 national bureaus managed by ministries and commissions of the State Council. Among them, the National Data Bureau was newly established this year.
In March of this year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Plan for the Reform of Party and State Institutions". The plan shows the establishment of a national data bureau. Responsible for coordinating and promoting the construction of data infrastructure systems, coordinating the integration, sharing, and development of data resources, and coordinating the planning and construction of digital China, digital economy, and digital society, managed by the National Development and Reform Commission.
After Liu Liehong takes office, he will become the first director of the National Data Administration of China.