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
Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 7/22/2008
Career Data Updated: 7/22/2008
He Guangyuan 何光远
Chairman of the Subcommittee for Handling Motions of the 9th CPPCC National Committee
Born: 1930
Birthplace: Hebei Province, Anxin County
Biography
He Guangyuan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Anxin, Hebei Province. Orphaned at an early age, he began his career in army and political cadre schools and studied engineering in China and in Kiev, USSR. He returned to China in 1956 to work at the Changchun No. 1 Motor Vehicle Plant.
Denounced during the Cultural Revolution, he was "liberated" in 1970 and became vice-mayor of Changchun City in 1980. He moved on to become Minister of Machinery and Electronics Industry in 1989 and a member of the CPC Central Committee in 1992.
He was an alternate member of 12th and 13th CPC Central Committees and member of 14th CPC Central Committee.
