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Career Data Updated: 6/27/2007
Biography
Chen Yaobang, Member of the 15th CPC Central Committee, Minister of Agriculture
Born: 1935, Panyu, Guangdong Province
Chen Yaobang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Panyu, Guangdong Province. He was born in 1935, graduated from China Agricultural College and joined the CPC in 1982.
Chen spent over 30 years in the agriculture industry. He began as an assistant at the Central China Agricultural College. In 1979, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture where he served in different management roles. He also held leadership positions in the Party in Wuxi. He later became a vice-minister in the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1997, he was named Minister of the Ministry of Forestry.
Chen was a delegate to the 13th and 14th CPC National Congresses and a member of the Subcommittee of Science and Technology of the 8th CPPCC National Committee.
