Chen Bangzhu (; born September 1934) is a Chinese politician who served as from 1995 to 1998 and

governor of Hunan The Politics of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Hunan is the highest-ranking official in the People's Governme ...

from 1989 to 1994.

Biography

Chen was born in

Jiujiang Jiujiang (), formerly transliterated Kiukiang or Kew Keang, is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. It is the second-largest prefecture-level city ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

, in September 1934, during the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

. In 1954, he graduated from Chongqing Jianzhu University (now

Chongqing University Chongqing University (CQU; , colloquially abbreviated as ChóngDà) is a public research university located in Chongqing, China. It is a National Key University directly funded by the central government of China as part of the Double First Class U ...

). He joined the

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in October 1975. In his early years, he worked in

northeast China Northeast China or Northeastern China () is a geographical region of China, which is often referred to as "Manchuria" or "Inner Manchuria" by surrounding countries and the West. It usually corresponds specifically to the three provinces east of t ...

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

province. He worked in the before serving as mayor of Yueyang in August 1983. He was appointed vice governor of Hunan in 1984 and promoted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He also served as director of Hunan Foreign Economic and Trade Commission between August 1984 and January 1985. In 1987, he became an alternate member of the 13th

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. In May 1989, he was prompted to become

, succeeding Xiong Qingquan. In 1992, he became a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In February 1995, Chen was transferred to

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and appointed . In 1997, he became a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In March 1998, he was appointed deputy director of the State Economic and Trade Commission. In March 2000, he became a member of the 9th Standing Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

. In May 1998, he took office as a member of the Preparatory Committee of the Macao Special Administrative Region. In June 2000, he was made chairperson of the Population, Resources and Environment Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, serving in the post until his retirement in March 2008.

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