China Vitae : Biography of Fang Weizhong

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

Fang Weizhong 房维中

President, China Macroeconomics Society

Born: 1928

Birthplace: Liaoning Province, Haicheng County

Biography

Fang Weizhong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Haicheng, Liaoning Province. He was born in 1928. From 1947 to 1949, he studied at Northeast China University and Northeast China Teachers‘ University. Fang joined the CPC in 1950.

After two years of university studies, Fang began his career working at the CPC Northeast Bureau. He spent the 1950s and 1960s involved in research. In 1961, he worked as a researcher at the CPC Central Committee. In 1977, he became the Vice-Minister of the State Planning Commission and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Group.

He was an alternate member of the 12th and 14th CPC Central Committees and a member of the 13th CPC Central Committee. He served as a member of the standing committee of the 8th and 9th CPPCC National Committees.

Career Data

	Chief Editor, Chronicle of Major Economic Events
	Deputy Editor, China Economic Yearbook
	Professor, People's University of China Beijing Municipality
	Professor, Beijing University Beijing Municipality
	Vice-Chairman, China Enterprise Management Association
	Vice-Chairman, China Planning Society
	President, China Macroeconomics Society
1993—2003	Chairman, CPPCC, National Committee, Economics Committee
1993—2003	Member, CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1992—1997	Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1987—1992	Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee
1982—1987	Alternate Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee
1977—1993	Deputy Secretary, National Development and Reform Commission CPC, Leading Party Group
1977—1993	Vice-Minister, National Development and Reform Commission
1961—1965	Researcher, CPC, Central Committee, General Office
1952—1961	Deputy Director, National Development and Reform Commission, Research and Editing Division
1950—1952	Secretary, CPC, Northeast Bureau, Publicity Department
1950	Joined, CPC
1947—1949	Student, Northeast China Teachers' University Jilin Province