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: 6/28/2003
Career Data Updated: 2/24/2009
Wang Chaowen 王朝文
Standing Committee Member and Chairman of the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the 9th NPC
Born: 1930
Birthplace: Guizhou Province, Huangping
Biography
Wang Chaowen, male, Miao nationality, is a native of Huangping, Guizhou Province. He was born in 1930 and joined the CPC in 1951.
Wang spent his entire career in Party leadership positions in Guizhou Province. He served on the standing committee of the CPPCC Guizhou Provincial Committee, secretary of the CYLC Guizhou Provincial Committee and secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee. In 1997, he became governor of Guizhou.
Wang was a member of the 12th , 13th and 14th CPC Central Committees, a deputy to the 15th CPC National Congress and a standing committee member of the 8th and 9th NPCs.
Career Data
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 1998—2003 | Chairman, 9th Ethnic Affairs Committee of the NPC | |
| 1997—2002 | Delegate, 15th CPC, National Congress | |
| 1993—1998 | Member, 8th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 1993—1998 | Chairman, 8th Ethnic Affairs Committee of the NPC | |
| 1992—1997 | Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1987—1992 | Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1982—1987 | Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1977—1993 | Vice-Governor, People's Government Guizhou Province | |
| 1973—1974 | Secretary, CYLC, Provincial-Level Guizhou Province | |
| 1960—1966 | Deputy Secretary, CYLC, Provincial-Level Guizhou Province | |
| 1951 | Joined, CPC |
