Badminton Olympic champion Huang Dongping was elected deputy secretary of the Quanzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, which became a hot news item on April 30, with some media outlets noticing "deputy director level" in the headline. When the author communicated with Wu Congwei, a well-known sports reporter of the "Quanzhou Evening News", I learned that Huang Dongping's deputy secretary position is part-time. It is understood that this position does not fully correspond to the administrative level and does not belong to the deputy department level cadres.
According to reports, the 18th Congress of the Communist Youth League of Quanzhou City was held on April 29, and the congress elected the 18th Quanzhou City Committee of the Communist Youth League. What is noteworthy is that Huang Dongping was elected deputy secretary of the 18th Quanzhou City Committee of the Communist Youth League.
The author understands that after the party's mass work conference, in recent years, domestic trade unions, the Communist Youth League, women's federations and other mass organizations at all levels have increased the proportion of temporary vice chairmen, deputy secretaries and part-time vice chairmen and deputy secretaries.
It is understood that several well-known athletes in China have served as part-time leaders in local workers' and young women's organizations, such as: in January 2018, Wei Qiuyue, former captain of the Chinese women's volleyball national team, was elected deputy secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League (part-time), and in March 2023, Li Fabin was elected deputy secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League (part-time).
Born in 1995, Huang Dongping is a five-time world champion in three major championships, including the Tokyo Olympics mixed doubles title with Wang Yilyu in the summer of 2021, and she is also a member of the 2019, 2021 and 2023 Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships and the 2021 Uber Cup World Badminton Women's Team Championships. This summer, Huang Dongping will join her new partner Feng Yanzhe at the Paris Olympics, and if she wins, she will become the first badminton player in history to win the mixed doubles title with different team-mates.