Wei Chao’an, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nancheng, Jiangxi Province. He was born in 1955. He graduated from Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, majored in National Economic Plan, and then received postgraduate education from the Graduate School of the Central Party School majoring in law. He worked for Jiangxi Province from 1987 to 2006 and in 1997, he served as director of Agriculture Department in Jiangxi Province. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Vice-Governor of Jiangxi Province. From 2009 - 2011, he was Vice-Minister of Ministry of Agriculture. In 2011, he became Deputy Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee.