Huang Qifan, male, was born on 1952 in Zhejiang Province, Zhuji City. He was a student at Shanghai Mechanics College from 1974-1977 and joined the CPC in 1976.He has spent his career working in the local government of Shanghai and he served as vice-mayor of Chongqing from 2001-2009.
In 2009 he became Acting-Mayor of Chongqing Municipality and Deputy Secretary of the Chongqing CPC Municipal Committee. From 2010 to 2017 he was Mayor of Chongqing Municipality. He is a member of the 18th CPC Central Committee. In 2017 he became Vice-Chairman of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the NPC.