Complex sentence: Wan is best known as the first female provincial party chief in China, but her background in the youth league, the trade union, and women's work was not well suited for running a provincial economy in the reform era.
Split into simpler sentences: Wan is best known as the first female provincial party chief in China. However, Wan's background in the youth league, the trade union, and women's work was not well suited for running a provincial economy in the reform era.