Wang Chaowen (; born October 1930) is a Chinese politician of

Miao Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode ...

ethnicity who served as governor of Guizhou from 1983 to 1993 and chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress from 1994 to 1998. He was a member of the 12th,

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and

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. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th and

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Biography

Wang was born in

Huangping County Huangping County (; Hmu: ''Wangx Zangx'') is a county in the east of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (; Hmu language: ...

Guizhou Guizhou (; Postal romanization, formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in the Southwest China, southwest region of the China, People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the pr ...

, in October 1930. He entered the workforce in December 1949, and joined the

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(CCP) in July 1951. He was first party secretary of

Shibing County Shibing County (; Hmu: ''Qib Jux'') is a county in the east of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Shibing's history goes back to at least 1391, when it was an important ...

in September 1956, and held that office until January 1960. He served as deputy secretary of Guizhou Provincial Committee of the

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in February 1960, and was promoted to the secretary position in June 1973. In 1966, the

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broke out, he was removed from office and effectively sidelined, but soon reinstated in December 1969. In September 1977, he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In January 1980, he became vice governor of Guizhou, rising to

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in April 1983. He also served as deputy party secretary from March 1985 to November 1993. In January 1994, he became chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress, a post he kept until January 1998. In March 1998, he took office as chairperson of the

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, serving in the post until his retirement in March 2003.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Chaowen 1930 births Living people People from Huangping County Miao people Governors of Guizhou People's Republic of China politicians from Guizhou Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guizhou Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress Chairpersons of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee