Wang was born in
Datong, Shanxi. He pursued a postgraduate degree at the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Party School, majoring in
philosophy. He holds the title of senior
engineer at the professorial level. He joined the CCP in July 1977. At the age of 19, he started working at the Qingciyao coal mine in
Shanxi. In 1974, he was recommended to study coal mining at the
Shanxi Institute of Mining. After graduation, he was assigned to work at the Datong Mining Bureau. Starting as a normal technician, he was eventually elevated to the position of director of the Bureau. His former posts included technician in the ventilation zone of the Jinhuagong Mine, assistant engineer, deputy head and later head of the ventilation zone, vice manager of Jinhuagong Mine and vice secretary of the CCP committee of the Datong Mining Bureau. In 1993, he became the first deputy director of the mining bureau, and was promoted to director two years later. After a 20-year tenure at the Datong Mining Bureau, Wang was elevated to the central government in October 1997, becoming the vice minister of Coal Industry. During a reform of the central administration half a year later, the Ministry of Coal Industry was abolished, and Wang became vice director of the newly established
National Bureau of Coal Industry, remaining at the rank of vice minister. Beginning in 1999, he served in several posts in
Jiangxi Province, including vice governor (alongside
Hu Changqing and
Huang Zhiquan), vice secretary of the CCP provincial committee and president of the Jiangxi provincial party school. In 2006, he was appointed vice party chief and vice president of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, and was promoted to party chief of the Federation one year later. On March 20, 2008, three days after the conclusion of the 1st meeting of the
11th National People's Congress, the
State Council appointed him president of the
State Administration of Work Safety. Wang Jun was appointed as the acting Governor of Shanxi on September 14, 2008 after the
mudslide in Xiangfen. On January 15, 2009, he was formally confirmed as Governor by the provincial legislature. Wang's term as Governor of Shanxi earned him the distinction of being one of a very few heads of provincial government from his generation of leaders who actually worked in his home province. The Communist Party's central authorities generally avoided the practice of appointing people to lead their home provinces to prevent corruption and the formation of regional centers of power. In December 2012, in a regional leadership re-shuffle, Wang Jun was named
Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia, replacing
Hu Chunhua.
Li Xiaopeng was named acting Governor of Shanxi. On August 29, 2016, it was announced that
Li Jiheng would replace Wang Jun as party chief of Inner Mongolia. This meant, effectively, that Wang had retired from active politics; in September 2016 he was named a deputy chair of the
National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee. He was an alternate member of the
16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a full member of the
17th Central Committee. He is also a full member of the
18th Central Committee. ==References==