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: 4/1/2004
Career Data Updated: 3/22/2007
Fu Tieshan 傅铁山
Vice Chairman of 10th NPC Standing Committee, Chairman of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Born: 1931
Biography Highlight
Fu Tieshan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Qingyuan, Hebei Province. He was born in 1931. In 1941, he graduated with a major in Catholicism. In 1954, Fu graduated from the Theology and Philosophy Department of Beijing Wensheng College.
The Xishiku Catholic Cathedral promoted Fu to priest in 1956. In 1979, the Catholic Diocese of Beijing ordained him a bishop. Fu has held several positions with Chinese Catholic associations. He was elected Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association in 1993 and that same year, became chairman of the Beijing Patriotic Catholic Association. In 1998, he was elected chairman of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.
Fu also has extensive involvement with the CPPCC. He was a Standing Committee member of the 6th and 7th CPPCC National Committees. In 1998, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the 9th CPPCC Beijing Municipal Committee.
Fu is the author of the Chinese-English Glossary of Everyday Catholic Terms.
Recent Career Data
2003— |
Vice-Chairman, 10th Standing Committee of the NPC |
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2000— |
Vice-President, China Anti-Cult Association |
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1999— |
Vice-President, Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAIU) |
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1998—2003 |
Member, 9th Standing Committee of the NPC |
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1998— |
Chairman, Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association Beijing Municipality |
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1998—2003 |
Vice-Chairman, CPPCC, Municipal Committee Beijing Municipality |
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1993—1998 |
Member, 8th Standing Committee of the NPC |
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1993—1998 |
Member, 8th Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the NPC |
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1993—1998 |
Vice-Chairman, Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association Beijing Municipality |
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1993— |
Chairman, Beijing Patriotic Catholic Association Beijing Municipality |
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Recent Travel & Appearances
10/13/05 |
Fu Tieshan met with Theodore McCarrick, the Catholic Archbishop of Washington D.C. |
11/08/04 |
Fu Tieshan met with Gustavo Selva, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. |
07/28/04 |
Fu Tieshan met with Ziaur Rahman Khan, chairman of the Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly of Bangladesh. |
09/14/03 |
Fu Tieshan met with a Guinean delegation headed by Alpha Mady Soumah, Guinea's Minister of Mines, Geology and Environment.
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07/28/03 |
Fu Tieshan met with Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, the Catholic Archbishop of Washington, the United States. |