{{Short description|Chinese politician}} {{Family name hatnote|[[Wang (surname)|Wang]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | caption = | office1 = Chairperson of the [[Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] | term_start1 = 16 March 2018 | term_end1 = 13 March 2023 | predecessor1 = [[Zhu Weiqun]] | successor1 = [[Zhang Yijiong]] | office2 = President of the [[University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] | term_start2 = May 2017 | term_end2 = March 2018 | predecessor2 = New title | successor2 = {{ill|Zhang Zhengwen|zh|张政文}} | office3 = President of the [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] | term_start3 = April 2013 | term_end3 = March 2018 | predecessor3 = [[Chen Kuiyuan]] | successor3 = [[Xie Fuzhan]] | name = Wang Weiguang | native_name = 王伟光 | native_name_lang = zh | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950|02}} | birth_place = [[Dandong]], [[Liaoning]], China | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age||df=yes}} or {{death year and age| }} --> | death_place = | party = [[Chinese Communist Party]] | spouse = <!-- {{marriage||}} --> | children = | parents = | relations = | alma_mater = [[Peking University]] | website = | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|order=st | s = {{linktext|王|伟|光}} | t = {{linktext|王|偉|光}} | p = Wáng Wěiguāng }} }} '''Wang Weiguang''' ({{lang-zh|s=王伟光}}; born February 1950) is a Chinese politician and academic who served as president of the [[University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] from 2017 to 2018 and president of the [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] from 2013 to 2018. He previously served as vice president of the academy and before that, vice president of the [[Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party]]. He was a delegate to the [[10th National People's Congress]]. He was a representative of the [[19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]]. He is a member of the 13th National Committee of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] and a Marxist theoretician at the Advanced Research Institute for 21st Century Chinese Marxism of the CASS University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=China |first=Friends of Socialist |date=2024-03-14 |title=China is blazing a trail towards modernisation for the global majority |url=https://socialistchina.org/2024/03/14/china-is-blazing-a-trail-towards-modernisation-for-the-global-majority/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Friends of Socialist China |language=en-US}}</ref>
He was an alternate of the [[17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]] and was a member of the [[18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]].
==Biography== Wang was born in [[Dandong]], [[Liaoning]], in February 1950, while his [[Ancestral home (Chinese)|ancestral home]] in [[Rushan, Shandong|Rushan]], [[Shandong]]. Beginning in November 1967, he served in several posts in Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps, including soldier, accountant, clerical officer, officer of the political department of a regiment, a company instructor, and a member of the party committee of a regiment.
After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, Wang entered [[Peking University]], majoring in [[philosophy]]. After university in 1982, he was assigned to the [[Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party]], where he was promoted to associate professor in December 1987 and to full professor in July 1993. He moved up the ranks to become vice-president in February 1998.
He was appointed vice president of the [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] in December 2007, becoming executive vice-president in July 2011 and dean and president in April 2013.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Tang Shuquan ({{lang|zh|唐述权}})|url=http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0510/c41223-21437979.html |script-title=zh:王伟光接替陈奎元任社科院院长 赵胜轩任副院长 |work=people.com.cn |date=10 May 2013 |access-date=12 May 2022 |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Huang Xiaohua ({{lang|zh|黄晓华}})|url=http://news.takungpao.com/mainland/focus/2013-04/1574823.html |script-title=zh:王伟光任中国社科院院长 |work=takungpao.com |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=12 May 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> He also served as president of the newly founded [[University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] from May 2017 to March 2018.
In March 2018, he was made chairperson of the [[Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Wei Min ({{lang|zh|魏敏}})|url=http://district.ce.cn/zt/zbzt/csbg_302837/dt/201806/22/t20180622_29502524.shtml |script-title=zh:全国政协常务委员、民族和宗教委员会主任，中国社会科学院原院长 王伟光 |work=ce.cn |date=22 June 2018 |access-date=12 May 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>
==Academic works== *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:新时代中国特色社会主义的理论成果 |trans-title=Theoretical Achievements of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era |year=2018 |publisher=Social Sciences Academic Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787520124942}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:马克思主义与社会主义的历史命运 |trans-title=Historical Destiny of Marxism and Socialism |year=2013 |publisher=Social Sciences Academic Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787509749050}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:新冠肺炎疫情与国际时局 |trans-title=The Epidemic Situation of COVID-19 and the International Situation |year=2021 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787520394789}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:改革开放与中国特色社会主义道路 |trans-title=Reform and Opening Up and the Road of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics |year=2021 |publisher=China Yanshi Publishing House |location=Beijing |isbn=9787517137382}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:社会矛盾论 |trans-title=Social Contradiction Theory |year=2019 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787500496830}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:利益论 |trans-title=Interest Theory |year=2019 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787500486701}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:马克思主义中国化的新成果—习近平治国理政思想研究 |trans-title=New Achievements of the Sinicization of Marxism: A Study on Xi Jinping's Thought of Governing the Country |year=2016 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787516177587}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:大的历史时代与中国特色社会主义新时代 |trans-title=The Great Historical Era and the New Era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics |year=2019 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787520348270}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:哲林漫步 |trans-title=Walking in the Philosophy Forest |year=2013 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787516133682}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:新型城镇化与城乡发展一体化 |trans-title=New Urbanization and Integration of Urban and Rural Development |year=2014 |publisher=Workers Publishing House |location=Beijing |isbn=9787500857242}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:学好哲学 终生受用 |trans-title=Learn Philosophy Well and Benefit for Life |year=2014 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787516147696}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:开辟当代马克思主义哲学新境界 |trans-title=Opening Up a New Realm of Contemporary Marxist Philosophy |year=2019 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787520340281}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:新大众哲学 |trans-title=New Popular Philosophy |year=2014 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787516122860}} *{{cite book |language=zh |script-title=zh:世界社会主义的趋势、问题与现状 |trans-title=Trends, Problems and Current Situation of World Socialism |year=2020 |publisher=China Social Sciences Press |location=Beijing |isbn=9787520367912}}
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