China Vitae : Biography of Fang Rongxin

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Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
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Revision History:

Biography Revised: 4/15/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006

Fang Rongxin 方荣欣

Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party

Born: 1912

Birthplace: Hunan Province, Yueyang County

Biography

Fang Rongxin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Yueyang, Hunan Province. Fang was born in 1912. He joined the Temporary Action Committee of the Kuomintang in 1933 and participated in the Fujian Incident.

In the late 1930s, Fang was employed by Qianjin News, where he served as the director of the General Affairs Department. In 1946, Fang, a member of the Kuomintang, became commissioner of the No. 11 Battle Area of the Kuomintang government.

After 1949, Fang held several positions with the State Council. He was deputy director of the Bureau of Government Offices Administration and later served as a councilor. He was the secretary-general and a standing committee member of the CPPCC Beijing Municipal Committee.

Fang has extensive involvement with the Chinese Peasant‘s and Worker‘s Democratic Party. He was the secretary-general and a standing committee member of the 8th Chinese Peasant‘s and Worker‘s Democratic Party Central Committee and Vice-Chairman for both the 9th and 10th Chinese Peasant‘s and Worker‘s Democratic Party Central Committees. He also served as director of the Party‘s executive bureau.

In 1992, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the 11th Chinese Peasant‘s and Worker‘s Democratic Party Central Committee.

Career Data

1992—	Vice-Chairman, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, Central Committee
	Vice-Chairman, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, Central Committee
1978—1997	Member, CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1978—1983	Deputy Secretary-General, 5th CPPCC, National Committee
	Director, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, Executive Bureau
	Secretary-General, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party
	Member, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, Central Committee, Standing Committee
	Secretary-General, CPPCC, Municipal Committee Beijing Municipality
	Member, CPPCC, Municipal Committee, Standing Committee Beijing Municipality
	Member, Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs
	Councilor, State Council
	Deputy Director, Government Offices Administration of the State Council
1946—1948	Commissioner, Chinese KMT (No. 11 Battle Area)
1938—????	Director, Qianjin News, General Affairs Department
1933	(Participated in Fujian Incident)
	Joined, Chinese KMT, Temporary Action Committee