Wu Jichuan (Chinese: 吴基传; born October 1937) is a Chinese politician who served as minister of posts and telecommunications from 1993 to 1998 and minister of information industry from 1998 to 2003.
He was a delegate to the 8th, 9th, and 10th National People's Congress. He was an alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
Biography
Wu was born in Changning County (now Changning), Hunan, in October 1937.[citation needed] In 1956, he entered Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, majoring in telegraphic communication. After graduation, he stayed and worked at the university.[citation needed]
He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1960. Since September 1965, he served in various posts in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. He moved up the ranks to become vice minister in October 1984 and minister in March 1993,[2] interspersed with short terms as deputy party secretary of Henan from June 1990 to February 1993.[3] In March 1998, he became minister of the newly founded information industry, a post he kept until March 2003.[4]
In March 2003, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee.[citation needed]
Personal life
He married Gong Shuangjin (龚双瑾), a communication transmission expert who gave birth to two daughters.
References
- ^ Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee; Party History Research Center of the CCP Central Committee, eds. (2004). 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典 1921–2003 [The Dictionary of Successive Central Committee Members of the Chinese Communist Party 1921–2003] (in Chinese). Beijing: CCP History Press. p. 828. ISBN 7-80136-946-7.
- ^ Chinese and Foreign Celebrity Research Center, ed. (1991). 中国当代名人录 [Contemporary Chinese Celebrities] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House. p. 367. ISBN 7-208-01198-2.
- ^ Editorial Department, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 1198. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.
- ^ National School of Administration, ed. (2000). 中华人民共和国政府机构五十年 [Fifty Years of Government Agencies of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Party Building Reading Press. p. 242. ISBN 7-80098-406-0.