What is "bayanqolu"

Bayanqolu (; born October 1955) is Chinese politician of Mongol heritage. He is the Communist Party Secretary and former Governor of Jilin Province in Northeastern China; Bayanqolu is, as of 2015, the only ethnic-minority official serving as a provincial-level Party Secretary.

Prior to his posts in Jilin province, Bayanqolu was best known for his seven-year term as the Party Secretary of the coastal city of Ningbo, Zhejiang. Bayanqolu was born in Otog Front Banner, Inner Mongolia. He attended Inner Mongolia Normal University and University of Jinan, where he obtained a master's degree in Economics. He rose through the ranks of the Communist Youth League in the 1990s before being transferred to work in Zhejiang as vice governor, then as Ningbo party chief.