He Yiting (; born 1952) is a Chinese

ideologist An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones." Formerly applied prim ...

and politician. Since 2013, He has served as the executive vice president of the

Central Party School The Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (), commonly known as the Central Party School (), located in Beijing, is the higher education institution which trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. As of 2012, it has around 1,60 ...

(rank equivalent of minister), the top ideological indoctrination institution of the

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(CCP).

Career

Born in

Hanzhong Hanzhong (; abbreviation: Han) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shaanxi province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the south and Gansu to the west. The founder of the Han dynasty, Liu Bang, was once enfeoffed as the ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

province, in 1952, He was a

sent-down youth The sent-down, rusticated, or "educated" youth (), also known as the ''zhiqing'', were the young people who—beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural Revolution, willingly or under coercion—left the urban districts of the ...

during the

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and later worked as a factory worker. After the resumption of the National College Entrance Exams, He was admitted to

Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University (BNU, ), colloquially known as Beishida (), is a public research university located in Beijing, China, with a strong emphasis on humanities and sciences. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China ...

. In 1985 He earned a bachelor’s, then a master’s degree in history. In 1986 he began working in an administrative position for the General Office of the CCP. By 1989, he became a leader on the party-building focus group of the

Central Policy Research Office The Central Policy Research Office () is an institution of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party responsible for providing policy recommendations and insights to matters of governance, spanning political, social, and economic realms ...

. In June 2000, He was named deputy chief of the Policy Research Office, a role in which he served until 2013. He has served on two Central Leading Groups, including the Leading Group on Educating Party Members on Modern Demands, and the Leading Group for the Pilot Programs of the Deepening the Study of the

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. In September 2013, he was named executive vice president of the CCP Central Party School, presiding over day-to-day operations of the institution. He is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the CCP. He was a delegate to the 17th and 18th National Congresses of the CCP.

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On June 15, 2020, on the birthday of

CCP General Secretary The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the Party leader, head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secr ...

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, s ...

, He Yiting published an article saying that

Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, commonly abbreviated outside China as Xi Jinping Thought, is a set of policies and ideas derived from the writings and speeches of Chinese Communist Party general s ...

is the equivalent of

Marxism Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...

in the 21st century. He claimed that China’s development under Xi’s leadership has "transcended national and geographic boundaries" with "global historical significance."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:He, Yiting 1952 births People's Republic of China politicians from Shaanxi Living people Politicians from Hanzhong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shaanxi Beijing Normal University alumni Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party