He Zhongyou

He Zhongyou (born November 1965) is a Chinese politician currently serving as the Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi and a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee.

Early life and education
He was born in Wuwei County, Anhui in November 1965. In September 1984 he was accepted to Southwest Jiaotong University, majoring in computer science.

Career
After graduating in July 1988, he was assigned to the Guangdong Provincial Communications Department, becoming its Party Branch Secretary in April 2007 and the head in March 2008. He obtained his Master of Science degree from London School of Economics at the expense of the Communist government in 1996. In 2000 he was sent to study at the University of Massachusetts Boston as a part-time student.

In December 2011 he was transferred to Heyuan and appointed Communist Party Secretary there, he concurrently served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress in January 2012. In January 2016 he was promoted to become vice-governor of Guangdong. He was secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Politics and Law Commission in May 2017, and held that office until December 2019.

On December 5, 2019, he was appointed CCP committee secretary of Haikou and member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Hainan Provincial Committee, replacing Zhang Qi, who was sacked for graft in September 2019.

He was a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

In October 2021, he was appointed as a deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee. In May 2023, he succeeded Yang Fasen as the Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi.