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: 3/28/2004
Career Data Updated: 1/5/2007
Yuan Shoufang 袁守芳
Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the PLA, Alternate Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee
Born: 1939
Birthplace: Jilin Province, Jilin City
Biography
Yuan Shoufang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jilin City, Jilin province. He was born in 1939, joined the PLA in 1958, and is a member of the CPC. Yuan was conferred the rank of major general in 1988, lieutenant general in 1995, and general in 2000. Yuan served successively as a platoon leader, deputy company command, clerk of regimental political section, clerk of propaganda section of division political department, and a clerk and section head of the propaganda section of an army political department. Yuan served as deputy director of the general political department of the PLA in 1996. He was an alternate member of the 15th and is a member 16th CPC Central Committee.
