China Vitae

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.