Huang was born in
Zhuji,
Zhejiang province. During the
Cultural Revolution he worked in a
coking factory. He joined the
Chinese Communist Party in 1976. His political career began in Shanghai's
Pudong New Area in 1993. Between 1994 and 1995 Huang served as the Director of the Policy Research Office of the Communist Party organization in Shanghai. Between 1995 and 2001 Huang served as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Municipal Government. Between 1998 and 1999 Huang took on a one-year stint pursuing his
Executive MBA at the
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. During a televised government meeting, Huang expressed his support for Zhang. He was elected to the
18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, and re-elected Mayor of Chongqing in January 2013. Huang left his post as mayor of Chongqing City on 29 December 2016; he then became Vice-Chair of the
National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee. He is also an adviser to the
China Finance 40 Forum (CF40). Huang has stated his opposition to the
Hukou system, which he believes is unnecessarily reducing the competitiveness of older Chinese workers. ==References==