China Vitae : Biography of Chen Suiheng

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: 6/6/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006

Chen Suiheng

Honorary Vice-Chairman of the 7th Central Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association

Born: 1915

Birthplace: Anhui Province, Huainan City

Biography

Chen Suiheng, male, Han nationality, is a native of Huaining, Anhui Province. He was born in 1915 and graduated from St. John's University in Shanghai. Before China's liberation, he worked at an ice plant in Sichuan and after 1949 was head of a flour mill in Nanjing.

Some time thereafter, Chen became chairman of the Nanjing Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce and moved progressively in that sphere from the provincial to the national level, ending as an advisor to the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. From 1981 to 1983, he was vice-mayor of Nanjing.

Chen was very active in CPPCC affairs, serving four terms as a member of the CPPCC National Committee and three terms as vice-chairman of the CPPCC Jiangsu Provincial Committee. Also, at both the provincial and national level he held positions in the China Democratic National Construction Association, one of China's eight non-communist parties. In 1997, he was named honorary vice-chairman of the 7th China Democratic National Construction Association Central Committee.

Career Data

1997—2002	Honorary Vice-Chairman, 7th China Democratic National Construction Association, Central Committee
1997—????	Chairman, China Democratic National Construction Association, Provincial Committee Jiangsu Province
	Advisor, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, Executive Committee
1992—1997	Vice-Chairman, 6th China Democratic National Construction Association, Central Committee
1988—1992	Vice-chairman, 5th China Democratic National Construction Association, Central Committee
1983—1988	Vice-Chairman, 4th China Democratic National Construction Association, Central Committee
1983—1998	Vice-Chairman, CPPCC, Provincial Committee Jiangsu Province
1983—1988	Member, 6th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1981—1983	Vice-Mayor, People's Government Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City
1978—1983	Member, 5th CPPCC, National Committee
1964—1978	Member, 4th CPPCC, National Committee
1959—1964	Member, 3rd CPPCC, National Committee
1957—1966	Vice-Chairman, Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce Jiangsu Province
1954—1959	Member, 2nd CPPCC, National Committee
	Chairman, Nanjing City Federation of Industry and Commerce Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City
1949—????	Director, Nanjing Youheng Flour Mill Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City
	Director, Chengdu Friendship Ice Plant Sichuan Province, Chengdu City
	Assistant Manager, Chengdu Friendship Ice Plant Sichuan Province, Chengdu City
1940	Graduate, St. John's University Shanghai Municipality