Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 5/25/2004
Career Data Updated: 3/22/2007
Chen Nanxian 陈难先
Vice Chairman of CPPCC Beijing Municipal Committee, Member of the 10th NPC Standing Committee, Vice-Chairman of the 11th Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy
Born: 1937
Birthplace: Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou City
Biography Highlight
Chen Nanxia, male, Han nationality, is a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was born in 1937, majored in physics at Beijing University and then taught at the Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering. He got a doctorate in electric engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and following post-doctoral studies, was an academician of the New York Academy of Sciences from 1980 to 1986.Recent Career Data
| 2003— | Vice-Chairman, 10th Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the NPC | |
| 2002— | Chairman, China Association for Promoting Democracy, Municipal Committee Beijing Municipality | |
| 2002— | Vice-Chairman, 11th China Association for Promoting Democracy, Central Committee | |
| 2000— | Professor, Tsinghua University, Physics Department Beijing Municipality | |
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 1997—2002 | Vice-Chairman, 10th China Association for Promoting Democracy, Central Committee | |
| 1994—2000 | Vice-President, Beijing University of Science and Technology Beijing Municipality | |
| 1994—2000 | Professor, Beijing University of Science and Technology Beijing Municipality | |
| 1993—1998 | Member, 8th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee | |
| 1992—1997 | Member, 9th China Association for Promoting Democracy, Central Committee |
