Xu Lin was born in
Shanghai in June 1963. He was graduated from
Shanghai Normal University and joined the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1982. Xu was the teacher of Zhoupu High School (), and the CCP standing committee member and acting deputy county chief in
Nanhui County at the age of 29. Later, he became the CCP deputy secretary of
Jiading District. In 1995, he became deputy secretary of
Shigatse Prefecture in Tibet. Xu returned to Shanghai in 1997, and served as the general manager of Nong Gong Shang Group (). Later, he served as Party branch chief and CEO. In 2003, Xu was appointed as director of Civil Affairs Bureau of Shanghai and director of Agriculture Committee of Shanghai in 2007. In 2008, Xu became the Party Committee Secretary of
Pudong. He served as the head of the Shanghai CCP's Publicity Department in 2013. In 2015, Xu served as the deputy head of the
General Office of the
Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization, and promoted to the head on June 29, 2016. In November 2020, Xu Lin gave a speech in which he emphasized the need to "resolutely guard against digitalisation diluting the party's leadership, resolutely prevent the risk of capital manipulating public opinion." Xu was made
party secretary of Guizhou on 9 December 2022, concurrently serving as
chairperson of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress since January 2023. On 3 February 2023 he was removed as director of the National Radio and Television Administration. == References ==