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
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 2/25/2009
Career Data Updated: 7/14/2008
Chen Xitong 陈希同
Former Mayor of Beijing
Born: 1930
Birthplace: Sichuan Province, Anyue County
Biography Highlight
Chen Xitong, Han nationality, was born in 1930 in Anyue, Sichuan province. He joined the CPC in 1949, and was the focus of a major corruption scandal in Beijing in the mid-1990s.Recent Career Data
| 2006 | (Released on medical parole after serving eight years of his sentence) | |
| 1998 | (Sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for corruption) | |
| 1992—1995 | Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo | |
| 1992—1997 | Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1987—1992 | Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1983—1995 | Mayor, People's Government Beijing Municipality | |
| 1982—1987 | Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1981—1995 | Secretary, CPC, City Committee Beijing Municipality | |
| 1979—1983 | Vice-Mayor, People's Government Beijing Municipality | |
| 1973—1979 | Secretary, CPC, District Committee Beijing, Changping District |
