Wang Huning (Chinese: 王沪宁; pinyin: Wáng Hùníng; born 6 October 1955) is a Chinese political theorist and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who is currently the chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He has been a leading ideologist in the country since the 1980s. He has been a member of the CCP’s Politburo Standing Committee, China’s top decision-making body since 2017, and is its fourth-ranking member since 2022.
Kind of a surprise. I certainly wouldn’t expect someone who spends his 30s studying Chinese society to become the VP of a Western country 30 years later.