Fang Hongwei

Fang Hongwei
方红卫
方紅衛
Fang Hongwei; 方红卫; 方紅衛
Party Secretary of Xi’an
	In office; November 7, 2021 – November 7, 2025
Deputy	Li Mingyuan; Ye Niuping (Mayor)
Preceded by	Wang Hao
Succeeded by	TBA
Secretary-General of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee
	In office; May 27, 2021 – November 7, 2021
Party Secretary	Liu Guozhong
Preceded by	Lu Jianjun
Succeeded by	Li Chunlin
Party Secretary of Hanzhong
	In office; July 16, 2020 – June 23, 2021
Deputy	Zhong Hongjiang (Mayor)
Preceded by	Wang Jianjun
Succeeded by	Zhong Hongjiang
Mayor of Hanzhong
	In office; February 9, 2017 – January 18, 2021
Party Secretary	Wang Jianjun
Preceded by	Wang Jianjun
Succeeded by	Zhong Hongjiang
Personal details
Born	June 1966 (age 59); Fuping, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
Party	China Communist Party
Alma mater	Tsinghua University (BA); Northwestern Polytechnical University (MA); Chang’an University (PhD)

Fang Hongwei (Simplified Chinese: 方红卫; Traditional Chinese: 方紅衛; born June 1966) was a Chinese politician and entrepreneur from Fuping, Shaanxi. He graduated from the Department of Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua University. He previously served as Chairman of Shaanxi Automobile Group, Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary, Mayor, and Party Secretary of Hanzhong, Party Secretary of Shaanxi, and Party Secretary Xi’an.

In November 2025, Fang was placed under disciplinary review and investigation for serious violations of discipline and law.

Biography

Fang graduated in 1989 from the Department of Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua University, majoring in Automobile Engineering. After graduation, he joined Shaanxi Automobile Group, where he served successively as General Manager (2002), Chairman (2008), and Chairman of Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group (2012).

In April 2015, he was transferred to Baoji, serving as Vice Mayor and Member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Baoji Municipal Committee.

In July 2016, he was transferred to Executive Vice Mayor of Weinan and Member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Weinan Municipal Committee.

In January 2017, Fang was appointed Deputy Secretary of the CCP Hanzhong Municipal Committee and Party Secretary of the Municipal Government Leadership Group; the following month, he was elected Mayor of Hanzhong.

In February 2018, he was elected a Deputy to the 13th National People’s Congress^[1] He became Secretary of the CCP Hanzhong Municipal Committee in July 2020.^[2]

In May 2021, he was promoted to Member of the Standing Committee and appointed as the Secretary-General of the CCP Shaanxi Provincial Committee.^[3]

In November 2021, He was appointed as Secretary of the CCP Xi’an Municipal Committee.^[4]

Downfall

On November 7, 2025, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of CCP and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Fang Hongwei was under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law.^[5]

References

^ "List of Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress". The Central People’s Government of the PRC. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
^ "Fang Hongwei Appointed Party Secretary of Hanzhong". China Economic Net. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
^ "Fang Hongwei Appointed to Shaanxi Provincial Party Standing Committee". China Economic Net. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
^ "Liu Guozhong Urges Xi'an Officials to Maintain Unity and Drive High-Quality Development". CNWest. 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
^ "Fang Hongwei, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee and Secretary of the CPC Xi'an Municipal Committee, Under Disciplinary Review and Supervisory Investigation by the CCDI and the National Supervisory Commission" (in Chinese (China)). Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervisory Commission. 2025-11-07. Retrieved 2025-11-07.

Business positions

Preceded by

Zhang Yupu

Chairman of Shaanxi Automobile Group
2008–2015

Succeeded by

Yuan Hongming

Government offices

Preceded by

Wang Jianjun (zh)

Mayor of Hanzhong
2017–2021

Succeeded by

Zhong Hongjiang (zh)

Party political offices

Preceded by

Wang Jianjun (zh)

Communist Party Secretary of Hanzhong
2017–2021

Succeeded by

Zhong Hongjiang (zh)

Preceded by

Lu Jianjun (zh)

Secretary-General of Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
2021

Succeeded by

Li Chunlin (zh)

Preceded by

Wang Hao

Party Secretary of Xi'an
2021–2025

Vacant

[1] "List of Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress". The Central People’s Government of the PRC. Retrieved 2020-03-16.

[2] "Fang Hongwei Appointed Party Secretary of Hanzhong". China Economic Net. Retrieved 2020-07-16.

[3] "Fang Hongwei Appointed to Shaanxi Provincial Party Standing Committee". China Economic Net. Retrieved 2021-05-22.

[4] "Liu Guozhong Urges Xi'an Officials to Maintain Unity and Drive High-Quality Development". CNWest. 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.

[5] "Fang Hongwei, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee and Secretary of the CPC Xi'an Municipal Committee, Under Disciplinary Review and Supervisory Investigation by the CCDI and the National Supervisory Commission" (in Chinese (China)). Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervisory Commission. 2025-11-07. Retrieved 2025-11-07.

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