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: 6/22/2004
Career Data Updated: 6/26/2007
Chen Guangyi 陈光毅
Chairman, 10th NPC Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee
Born: 1933
Birthplace: Fujian Province, Putian City
Biography Highlight
Chen Guangyi, male, Han nationality, is a native of Putian, Fujian Province. He was born in 1933. An engineering college graduate, he joined the CPC in 1959 but held no national-level Party position until 23 years later when he was elected a member of the 12th CPC Central Committee.Shortly thereafter, he was named governor of Gansu Province. In the interim, he occupied a number of managerial positions in heavy industry and metallurgy in Gansu and from 1980 to 1983 was deputy director of the Gansu Provincial Planning Committee.Recent Career Data
| 2003— | Chairman, 10th Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the NPC | |
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 1998—2003 | Chairman, 9th Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the NPC | |
| 1997—2002 | Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee | |
| Honorary President, Nanjing Aerospace Institute, Civil Aviation College Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City | ||
| 1993—1994 | Chairman, Provincial People's Congress, Standing Committee Fujian Province | |
| 1993—1998 | Director, Civil Aviation Administration of China | |
| 1992—1997 | Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1988—???? | Chairman, CPPCC, Provincial Committee Fujian Province | |
| 1987—1992 | Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee |
