Yan Junqi
14 March 2013 – 17 March 2018
December 2007 – 6 December 2017
Wu County, Jiangsu
Yan Junqi (Chinese: 严隽琪; born August 1946) is a retired Chinese politician who was a vice chairwoman of the standing committee of the National People's Congress,[1] and the chairwoman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy.[2]
Biography
Yan was born in Wu County, Jiangsu Province (a present-day urban district of Suzhou), and graduated from the department of mechanical engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her father died when she was six, and along with her other 4 siblings, she was raised by her mother in harsh conditions. After graduating from SJTU in August 1968, Yan was sent to work in Woniu Coal Mine in Xuzhou. After the Cultural Revolution, Yan was enrolled again in the department of mechanic engineering of SJTU in 1978 and obtained her master's degree in 1981. She then became a teacher at the university. Before long, Yan was sent to study in Denmark, and obtained her doctorate in the department of naval engineering of the school of mechanics at Technical University of Denmark in 1986.
Since returning to China, Yan had been teaching and doing research at SJTU and was elevated to become a member of a 7-person expert group of the "863 plan". She served as dean of the school of mechanical and power engineering and president assistant of SJTU. In 2000, Yan entered the government and became the vice director of the information office of the Shanghai municipal government. She was also elected vice chairwoman of the Shanghai committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy. In 2001, Yan was appointed as vice mayor of Shanghai, responsible for science and technology, education and women and children's affairs. In June 2002, she was elected the chairwoman of the Shanghai committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy. In December of the same year, Yan was elected vice chairwoman of the central committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy in the first plenary session of the 9th national congress of CAPD.
On February 27, 2007, Yan resigned from the position of vice mayor of Shanghai. In April, she resigned as chairwoman of the CAPD Shanghai committee. In July 2007, she was transferred to Beijing and became the vice executive chairwoman of the central committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy. Such a series of arrangements indicated Yan would soon take charge of the Association. Indeed, on December 7 of 2007, in the first plenary session of the 10th national congress of CAPD, Yan was elected the chairwoman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy.
Family
The former president of the Republic of China, Yen Chia-kan, was Yan's family uncle, was also from Wuxian, Jiangsu ancestrally.
She and Juliana Yam (cousin-in-law of Larry Yung Chi-kin) grew close ties as they grew up in the same neighborhood.
References
External links
- Yan Junqi's profile at xinhuanet.com
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(1954–1959)
(1959–1964)
- Lin Boqu
- Li Jishen
- Luo Ronghuan
- Shen Junru
- Guo Moruo
- Huang Yanpei
- Peng Zhen
- Li Weihan
- Chen Shutong
Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama(fled 1959; dismissed 1964)- Saifuddin Azizi
- Cheng Qian
Choekyi Gyaltsen, Panchen Erdeni(removed 1964)- He Xiangning
- Liu Bocheng
- Lin Feng
(1964–1975)
(1975–1978)
(1978–1983)
- Soong Ching-ling (died 1981)
- Nie Rongzhen (resigned 1980)
- Liu Bocheng (resigned 1980)
- Ulanhu
- Wu De (resigned 1980)
- Wei Guoqing
- Chen Yun
- Guo Moruo (died 1978)
- Tan Zhenlin
- Li Jingquan
- Zhang Dingcheng (resigned 1980; died 1981)
- Cai Chang (resigned 1980)
- Deng Yingchao
- Saifuddin Azizi
- Liao Chengzhi
- Ji Pengfei (secretary-general; resigned 1980)
- Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
- Zhou Jianren (resigned 1980)
- Xu Deheng
- Hu Juewen
- Peng Zhen (added 1979)
- Xiao Jinguang (added 1979)
- Zhu Yunshan (added 1979; died 1981)
- Shi Liang (added 1979)
- Peng Chong (added 1980)
- Xi Zhongxun (added 1980)
- Su Yu (added 1980)
- Yang Shangkun (added 1980; secretary-general)
- Choekyi Gyaltsen, Panchen Erdeni (added 1980)
- Zhu Xuefan (added 1981)
(1983–1988)
(1988–1993)
(1993–1998)
(1998–2003)
- Tian Jiyun
- Xie Fei
- Jiang Chunyun
- Zou Jiahua
- Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai
- Wang Guangying
- Cheng Siyuan
- Buhe
- Tömür Dawamat
- Wu Jieping
- Peng Peiyun
- He Luli
- Zhou Guangzhao
Cheng Kejie(dismissed & executed 2000)- Cao Zhi
- Ding Shisun
- Cheng Siwei
- Xu Jialu
- Jiang Zhenghua
(2003–2008)
(2008–2013)
- Wang Zhaoguo
- Lu Yongxiang
- Uyunqimg
- Han Qide
- Hua Jianmin
- Chen Zhili
- Zhou Tienong
- Li Jianguo (secretary-general)
- Ismail Tiliwaldi
- Jiang Shusheng
- Chen Changzhi
- Yan Junqi
- Sang Guowei
(2013–2018)
- Li Jianguo
- Wang Shengjun
- Chen Changzhi
- Yan Junqi
- Wang Chen (secretary-general)
- Shen Yueyue
- Ji Bingxuan
- Zhang Ping
- Qiangba Puncog
- Arken Imirbaki
- Wan Exiang
- Zhang Baowen
- Chen Zhu
(2018–2023)
(2023–2028)