Principal Officials
Wang Baoen
Wang Baoen
Wang Baoen, male, Han ethnicity, was born in Nangong, Hebei Province, in April 1970. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in May 1992 and began his career in August 1993. Wang completed an undergraduate program and received a Bachelor of Engineering degree. He is also a professor level senior engineer. Currently, Wang is Vice Minister of Water Resources and a member of the Leading Party Members Group of Ministry of Water Resources.
Sep. 1989-Aug. 1993 | Undergraduate in Agricultural Water Conservancy Engineering at School of Water Resources, North China Institute of Water Resources and Electric Power |
Aug. 1993-Oct. 2011 | Deputy Director of Planning and Design Division of Beijing Hydroelectric Investigation & Design Institute; Deputy Director of Department of Environment and Resettlement, Director of Resettlement Planning Division of Policy and Technology Research Center, and Director of Department of Land Acquisition and Resettlement, Office of Construction Committee of South-to-North Water Diversion Project of the State Council successively |
Oct. 2011-Oct. 2017 | Deputy Consul and Deputy Director General of Department of Land Acquisition and Resettlement, Office of Construction Committee of South-to-North Water Diversion Project of the State Council successively (served as a Standing Committee Member of the Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor of Danjiangkou City of Hubei Province, and a Standing Committee Member of the Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor of Laibin City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region within this period) |
Oct. 2017-Aug. 2018 | Director General of Department of Land Acquisition and Resettlement, Office of Construction Committee of South-to-North Water Diversion Project of the State Council |
Aug. 2018-Jun. 2019 | Deputy Director General (DG level) of Department of Water Project Resettlement, Ministry of Water Resources |
Jun. 2019-Mar. 2024 | Commissioner and Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group of Pearl River Water Resources Commission, Ministry of Water Resources (Sep. 2021-Jan. 2022 participated in a training program for young and middle-aged cadres at Party School of the Central Committee of CPC [National Academy of Governance]) |
Mar. 2024-May 2024 | Director General of Department of Water Project Construction Management, Ministry of Water Resources |
May 2024-Present | Vice Minister of Water Resources Member of the Leading Party Members Group of Ministry of Water Resources |
Wang’s portfolio of responsibilities includes flood and drought disaster prevention, hydrology, water regime prediction and forecasting, project construction and management, supervision, work safety, reservoir resettlement and rural revitalization. |