China Vitae : Biography of Tang Shubei

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Revision History:

Biography Revised: 6/28/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006

Tang Shubei 唐树备

Deputy Director of the Office for Taiwan Affairs of the CPC Central Committee

Born: 1931

Birthplace: Shanghai Municipality

Biography

Tang Shubei,male, Han nationality, is a native of Shanghai. Born in 1931, he joined the CPC in 1949 and graduated from the East China School of Journalism in Shanghai.

Tang began his career as a journalist but soon turned his interest to state and diplomatic affairs, where he specialized in dealing with such regions as Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. After serving as editor of the Fujian Daily and of the Broadcasting Department of the China News Service in the 1950s, Tang became division chief for the Department of Consular Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the 1980s, he served as a diplomat in China's embassies in Japan and the U.S.A., in which he served as minister. Returning to China, he became a specialist in Taiwanese issues, serving at the Taiwan Affairs Offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Council and the CPC Central Committee. In the 1990s, he sat on committees involving Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, studying reunification issues. He was deputy executive president of the Association for Relations Across Taiwan Straits.

Tang was a standing committee member of the 8th and 9th CPPCC National Committees. He became deputy director of the Office for Taiwan Affairs under the CPC Central Committee in 1991.

Career Data

1998—2003	Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1998—2003	Vice-Chairman, CPPCC, Subcommittee for Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese
1995—1997	Member, Hong Kong SAR Preparatory Committee
1993—1998	Member, 8th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1993—1998	Vice-Chairman, CPPCC, Coordinating Committee for the Reunification of Motherland
1991—	Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Offices Under Central Committee, Taiwan Affairs Office
1989—????	Deputy Director, Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
1986—1988	Ambassador, Chinese Embassy USA, Washington D.C.
1983—1986	Consul-General, Chinese Consulate General USA, California, San Francisco
1982—1983	Division Chief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Consular Affairs
	Secretary, Chinese Embassy Japan, Tokyo
1971—1980	Deputy Division Chief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Consular Affairs
1957—1969	Editor, China News Service, Broadcasting Department
1955—????	Editor, Fujian Daily
1949	Joined, CPC

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