Fan Defan was elected mayor of Shanwei City on September 28, according to an announcement from the eighth session of the eighth Shanwei Municipal People's Congress.

Fan Defan, male, of Han ethnicity, was born in July 1975. He holds a postgraduate degree and a doctoral degree, and is a member of the Communist Party of China. He currently serves as deputy secretary of the Shanwei Municipal Party Committee, mayor of the municipal government, and secretary of its leading Party members' group.