Wang Hanbin (born 1925) is a retired

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politician. Wang was born in Hui'an,

Fujian Province Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its ...

in 1925. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1941. He graduated from the Southwest Union University in 1946. After the People's Republic of China was formed in 1949, he served as secretary of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee until 1958 when he became the deputy secretary general of the Municipal Committee. He became the director of the Policy Research Office of the

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from 1977 to 1979. He was a member of the 12th, 13th, and 14th CCP Central Committees from 1982 to 1997 and an alternate member of 14th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party of the CPC between 1992 and 1997. He was also the

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of the 6th

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(NPCSC) and became the vice-chairman of the 7th and 8th NPCSC. During the draftings of the

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for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, he was selected vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Hanbin 1925 births Living people People's Republic of China politicians from Fujian Chinese Communist Party politicians from Fujian Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee members National Southwestern Associated University alumni People of the Republic of China Politicians from Quanzhou Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress