Bu Xiaolin (Chinese: 布小林; pinyin: Bù Xiǎolín; Mongolian: ᠪᠦ᠋ ᠰᠢᠶᠣᠣ ᠯᠢᠨ; born August 1958) is a Chinese politician of Mongol descent. She had served as chairwoman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government (equivalent of a provincial governor) from 2016 to 2021. She is the daughter of Buhe, a former chairman of Inner Mongolia, and the granddaughter of Ulanhu, the founding chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and a Vice President of China.
In September 1980 she entered Peking University and graduated with a degree in economic law four years later. After graduation she briefly taught law at Inner Mongolia University, before joining the regional government of Inner Mongolia in 1985. From 1998 to 2001 she enrolled in the law school of Jilin University on a part-time basis, earning a doctoral degree in law in 2001. From 2003 to 2006 she conducted post-doctoral research at the Institute of Sociology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.[1][2]
On 30 March 2016, Bu Xiaolin was appointed acting chairwoman of Inner Mongolia, succeeding Bagatur, who had resigned.[1][3] Bu Xiaolin was the second woman to serve as leader of the Inner Mongolia government, and the sixth woman in the history of the People's Republic of China (after Gu Xiulian, Uyunqimg, Song Xiuyan, Li Bin and Liu Hui) to serve as the head of a provincial-level government. She was confirmed as chairwoman on June 23.[5]
Bu Xiaolin is the daughter of Buhe and the granddaughter of Ulanhu, who both served as chairman of Inner Mongolia.[7] Ulanhu was a founding general and Vice President of the People's Republic of China.[7]
