Wang Chen (politician)

Wang Chen
王晨
Wang Chen in 2020
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
14 March 2013  10 March 2023
ChairmanZhang Dejiang
Li Zhanshu
Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
14 March 2013  17 March 2018
Preceded byLi Jianguo
Succeeded byYang Zhenwu
Director of the State Council Information Office
In office
30 March 2008  26 April 2013
Preceded byCai Wu
Succeeded byCai Mingzhao
Personal details
Born (1948-12-02) 2 December 1948
Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1975–present)
Alma materGraduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Wang Chen (Chinese: 王晨; pinyin: Wáng Chén; born 2 December 1948) is a Chinese journalist and politician who served as a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2013 to 2023, and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2017 to 2022.

He served as Director of State Council Information Office from 2008 to 2013 and as the Secretary-General of the 12th National People's Congress Standing Committee from 2013 to 2018.