China Vitae : Biography of Sang Guowei

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Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
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Revision History:

Biography Revised: 5/2/2008
Career Data Updated: 3/18/2008

Sang Guowei 桑国卫

Vice-Chairman, 11th Standing Committee of the NPC; Chairman, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party

Born: 1941

Birthplace: Zhejiang Province, Wuxing District

Biography

Sang Guowei, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wuxing District, Zhejiang province. He was born in 1941, and graduated from the pharmacology department
of the First Medical College of Shanghai in 1966. He is a doctoral tutor and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was awarded the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology several times. Professor Sang was also awarded the Medical Sciences Prize of the HLHL Foundation in 1997.

He joined the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party in 1996, and he was elected chairman in 2007. He is a standing committee member of the NPC and deputy director of the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee of the NPC.

In 2008 he became Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 11th NPC.

Career Data

2008—2013	Vice-Chairman, 11th Standing Committee of the NPC	§
2007—	Chairman, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party
2007—	Deputy Director, Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the NPC
2003—2008	Member, 10th Standing Committee of the NPC
2000—2007	Vice-Chairman, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party
1999—2003	Deputy Director, China Food and Drug Administration
1996	Joined, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party
1992—2000	Counselor, International Union of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology Section
1989—1990	Visiting Professor, Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital, Medical Department USA, New York, New York
1983—1989	Temporary Adviser, World Health Organization, Steering Committee for the Special Program of Research in Human Reproduction
1979—1981	Student, University of London, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Steroid Biochemistry Department United Kingdom, London
1979—1981	Student, University of Cambridge, Physiology Department United Kingdom, Cambridge

Recent Travel & Appearances

28 Oct 12	APPEARANCE	Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party holds plenary session #China
09 Jul 12	APPEARANCE	China marks 20th anniversary of high-tech industrial park program
08 Nov 11	APPEARANCE	HLHL Foundation awards Chinese scientists in 2011
21 Sep 11	TRAVEL	Travelled to Finland, Helsinki and met with the following: • Jyrki Katainen (Prime Minister of Finland) Finnish PM, parliament speaker meet senior Chinese lawmaker
25 Mar 11	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following: • Ravi Shankar Prasad (Indian Parliament Member and General Secretary of the Indian People's Party) Senior Chinese legislator meets Indian parliamentary delegation
11 Dec 10	APPEARANCE	Non-communist party members urged to contribute to health care reform
09 Aug 10	APPEARANCE	The Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party (CPWDP) celebrated its 80th anniversary of foundation
22 Jul 10	APPEARANCE	Hu Jitao made remarks at a symposium, , with attendance of people from the non-communists parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, as well as celebrities without party affiliations.
13 Jul 10	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following: • Ferez de Kirchner Cristina (President of Argentina) Hu Jintao and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner attended the signing ceremony of cooperation agreements.
23 Jun 10	APPEARANCE	Wu Bangguo presided over bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the 11th NPC.

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