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
Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 1/6/2009
Career Data Updated: 7/23/2008
Qi Huaiyuan 齐怀远
Former President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Born: 1930
Birthplace: Hubei Province, Ezhou City
Biography
Qi Huaiyuan male, Han nationality, is a native of Ezhou City, Hubei Province. He was born in l930, graduated from the Harbin Foreign Languages School, and joined the CPC in l948
Qi has spent most of his career in the foreign service, serving mainly in East Germany and Federal Germany when abroad. He has also held several posts in the foreign ministry in Beijing and was an alternate member of the 13th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 14th CPC Central Committee.
He was also a deputy to the l5th CPC National Congress and a member of the 9th CPPCC National Committee.
