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Dai Daojin

Chinese politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ8950247 ↗
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Dai Daojin (Chinese: 戴道晋; born February 1957) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in his home-province Hunan. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1975, and began his political career in December 1977. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in January 2024. Previously he served as vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and before that, vice governor of Hunan.

Early life and education

Dai was born in Hanshou County, Hunan, in February 1957. In August 1984, he was accepted to the China Youth University of Political Studies. He obtained his MBA from Hunan University in December 1998.

Career

He became an official in Hantai People's Commune in December 1977, and soon in October 1978 was transferred to the Organization Department of the CCP Hanshou County Committee. In February 1983, he was elevated to deputy secretary of Hanshou County Committee of the Communist Youth League of China.

Starting in September 1986, he served in several posts in the Organization Department of the CCP Hunan Provincial Committee, including deputy department level organizer, chief department member, deputy director of the Office, and director of the Office.

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“Dai Daojin” enters the record as chinese politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Daojin, Chinese and politician can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8950247. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957, 1975, 1977 and 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dai Daojin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.