Within half a month, Jiangsu welcomed 5 new mayors, and Zhang Tong was elected
On August 24th, at the third session of the 16th People's Congress of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, Zhang Tong was elected as the Mayor of Nantong City. In addition, Wu Xinming was elected as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Nantong Municipal People's Congress.
Since August, five district and city mayors in Jiangsu have been appointed as permanent representatives.
On August 19th, the Third Session of the Ninth People's Congress of Yancheng City elected Zhang Mingkang as the Mayor of Yancheng City;
On August 17th, the Third Session of the Ninth People's Congress of Huai'an City elected Gu Kun as the Mayor of Huai'an City;
On August 15th, the Third Session of the Ninth People's Congress of Yangzhou elected Pan Guoqiang as the Mayor of Yangzhou City;
On August 11th, the third session of the sixth People's Congress of Suqian City elected Liu Hao as the Mayor of Suqian City.
Zhang Tong's image at the Third Session of the 16th National People's Congress of Nantong City was released by Nantong
According to the resume, Zhang Tong was born in October 1971 and worked in Suqian City for a long time in his early years. He has held various positions, including Deputy Secretary of the Communist Youth League Suqian City Committee, Standing Committee Member and Minister of the Organization Department of Sihong County Committee, Secretary of the Communist Youth League Suqian City Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Siyang County Committee, and Executive Deputy County Magistrate.
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Since 2008, Zhang Tong has held various positions including Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Women's Federation, Standing Committee Member and Minister of Propaganda Department of Xuzhou City Committee, Standing Committee Member and Minister of Organization Department of Huai'an City Committee, Deputy Secretary of Huai'an City Committee, Chairman and Party Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Women's Federation. In March 2022, Zhang Tong was appointed as the Director and Party Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security.
On July 10th this year, the 11th meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Nantong City appointed Zhang Tong as the Vice Mayor and Acting Mayor of Nantong City.
Nantong is located at the intersection of the eastern coastline of China and the Yangtze River, on the north wing of the Yangtze River estuary, facing Shanghai across the river. It is the only city in Jiangsu province that also has a deep-water coastline along the river. In 2020, Nantong's GDP exceeded one trillion yuan for the first time, becoming the fourth trillion yuan city in Jiangsu.
In the ranking of the total economic output of 24 trillion yuan cities in China in the first half of the year, Nantong has risen by 5 places compared to last year, ranking among the top 20 cities in the national urban economy for the first time and becoming the city with the greatest progress. In the first half of 2023, the total economic output of Nantong increased by 7% year-on-year, an increase of 2.7 percentage points from the first quarter, with growth rates 1.5 and 0.4 percentage points higher than those of the entire province in China.