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Feng Yuanwei, male, Yi nationality, is a native of Xichang, Sichuan Province. He was born in 1930. In 1952, he graduated from Southwest china Institute for Ethnic Minorities. In 1954, he joined the CPC.

Feng has served as an associate professor and vice-president at his alma mater, Southwest China Institute for Ethnic Minorities. He was the secretary of the Ethnic Affairs Work Committee of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee. He was also deputy secretary of the committee. Feng was a member of the standing committee of the 7th, 8th, and 9th CPPCC National Committees.

Feng is also a translator of Lerteryi, a traditional epic of the Yi ethnic group.

He was elected Vice-Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles in 1996.

Recent Career Data

1998—2003	Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1996—	Vice-Chairman, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
1993—1998	Member, 8th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1988—1993	Member, 7th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1987—1992	Delegate, 13th CPC, National Congress
1982—????	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Sichuan Province
1982—????	Secretary, Ethnic Affairs Committee Sichuan Province
1982—1987	Delegate, 12th CPC, National Congress
	Chairman, CPPCC, Provincial Committee Sichuan Province
	Vice-President, Southwest China Institute for Ethnic Minorities Sichuan Province