Shao Qihui (; born June 1934) is a Chinese engineer and politician who served as governor of Heilongjiang from 1989 to 1994. He was a representative of the 13th and

14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (Traditional Chinese: 中國共產黨第十四次全國代表大會) was convened from October 12 - 18, 1992. It was preceded by the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ...

. He was a member of the

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. He was a delegate to the

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and

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. He was a member of the 9th National Committee of the

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and a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Early life and education

Shao was born in the town of

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Yixing Yixing () is a county-level city administrated under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-excla ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

, in June 1934. He attended Hangzhou No. 2 High School and worked as secretary of the Youth League Committee at the school after graduation in September 1952. He joined the

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(CCP) in October 1953.

Career in Zhejiang

In February 1955, he was appointed as deputy director of the Office of

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Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, and held that office until March 1958, when he was downgraded to worker at Wulin Machinery Factory due to "making ake mistakes".

Career in Heilongjiang

In February 1962, he was transferred to Harbin Forestry Machinery Factory, where he successively served as worker, technician, deputy factory director and chief engineer, and factory director. During that period, he studied at

Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology (; abbreviation: HIT or ) is a public research university and a member of China's elite C9 League and a member of the University Alliance of the Silk Road. HIT is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Doubl ...

by taking classes at night, majoring in

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. After working in the factory for more than 23 years, he became

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of the

Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...

in May 1985, a position he held until April 1987, when he was made party secretary of

Qiqihar Qiqihar () is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, while the total populat ...

. After a short term as vice governor of

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between January 1988 and January 1989, he became acting governor in December 1988 and in January 1989 succeeded

Hou Jie Hou Jie () (1931–2000) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Luan County, Hebei Province. He was governor of Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () Postal romanization, formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a Provinces of China ...

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Career in central government

After his replacement as governor, Shao served as executive vice minister of the from May 1994 to March 1998. In March 1998, he became director of the State Bureau of Machine Building Industry, a post he kept until September 1999.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shao, Qihui 1934 births Living people People from Yixing Harbin Institute of Technology alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 7th National People's Congress Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress Members of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference