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1997 In China
The following lists events in the year 1997 in China. Incumbents *General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party: Jiang Zemin *President of the People's Republic of China, President: Jiang Zemin *Premier of the People's Republic of China, Premier: Li Peng *Vice President of the People's Republic of China, Vice President: Rong Yiren *Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, Vice Premier: Zhu Rongji Governors * Politics of Anhui, Governor of Anhui Province – Hui Liangyu * Politics of Fujian, Governor of Fujian Province – He Guoqiang * Gansu, Governor of Gansu Province – Sun Ying then Song Zhaosu * Politics of Guangdong, Governor of Guangdong Province – Lu Ruihua * Politics of Guizhou, Governor of Guizhou Province – Wu Yixia * Politics of Hainan, Governor of Hainan Province – Ruan Chongwu then Wang Xiaofeng * Politics of Hebei, Governor of Hebei Province – Ye Liansong then Yue Qifeng * Heilongjiang, Governor of Heilongjian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Zhaosu
Song Zhaosu (; March 1941 – 25 July 2022) was a Chinese politician. Early life and education He was born in Nanyang, Henan. He graduated from Zhengzhou University in 1964 and a year later joined the Chinese Communist Party. Career Song Zhaosu had started his political career as the head of the Organization Department of Zhoukou District Committee in Zhoukou, Henan province. Later on, he served as deputy secretary of the Shangshui County Committee and then was its magistrate and secretary of Taikang County. Following that he became a secretary of both Zhoukou and Xuchang districts as well as of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Political and Legal Committee of the Henan Provincial Party Committee. In 1988 he became a member of the Standing Committee and then was appointed vice-governor of his home province. Zhaosu was then appointed a governor and served there from 1999 to 2001 and from that year till 2003 was a Communist Party Committee Secretary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Henan
The politics of Henan Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Henan is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Henan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Henan Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Henan CCP Party Chief". List of the CCP Party chiefs List of governors # Wu Zhipu: 1949–1962 # Wen Minsheng: 1962–1967 # Liu Jianxun: 1968–1978 # Duan Junyi: 1978–1979 # Liu Jie: 1979–1981 # Dai Suli (acting): 1981–1982 # Yu Mingtao (acting): 1982–1983 # He Zhukang: 1983–1987 # Cheng Weigao: 1987–1990 # Li Changchun: 1990–1993 # Ma Zhongchen: 1993–1998 # Li Keqiang: 1998–2003 # Li Chengyu: 2003–2008 # Guo Gengmao: 2008–2013 # Xie Fuzhan: 2013–2016 # Chen Run'er: 2016–2019 # Yin Hong: 2019–2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tian Fengshan
Tian Fengshan ( born 8 December 1940), is a former Chinese politician who was convicted of corruption and sentenced to life in prison. Biography Tian was born in Zhaoyuan County, Heilongjiang, on 8 December 1940, while his ancestral home in Penglai, Yantai, Shandong. He is the elder of three children. His second younger brother Tian Fengchun () once served as party secretary of Zhaoyuan County and vice mayor of Daqing. His third younger brother worked in the Zhaoyuan County Traffic Police Brigade and now lives in downtown Zhaoyuan County after retirement. Tian attended . In 1961, Tian was accepted to the PLA Second Artillery Technical College (now PLA Rocket Force University of Engineering), but dropped out of college for health reasons during his sophomore year. After returning hometown, Tian was arranged to work as a substitute teacher at Yishun Township Central Primary School (). Two years later, he was transferred to the neighboring Chengjiao People's Commune () and appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers). The province is bordered by Jilin to the south and Inner Mongolia to the west. It also shares a border with Russia ( Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai and Zabaykalsky Krai) to the north and east. The capital and the largest city of the province is Harbin. Among Chinese provincial-level administrative divisions, Heilongjiang is the sixth-largest by total area, the 20th-most populous, and the second-poorest by GDP per capita after only Gansu province. The province takes its name from the Amur river which marks the border between the People's Republic of China and Russia. Heilongjiang has significant agricultural production, and raw materials, such as timber, oil, and coal. Etymology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yue Qifeng
Yue Qifeng () (December 1931 – March 24, 2008) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Daming County, Hebei Province. In January 1945, at the age of 13, he joined the Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the .... He was governor of his home province (1990). References 1931 births 2008 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Governors of Hebei Governors of Liaoning CCP committee secretaries of Heilongjiang {{China-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ye Liansong
Ye Liansong ( zh, s=叶连松; born March 1935) is a Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary (1998–2000) and Governor (1993–1998) of Hebei Province. Prior to his political career he worked for two decades as an engineering professor at his alma mater Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and then as chief engineer of Shijiazhuang Diesel Engine Factory. Biography Ye was born in Laiyang, Shandong Province in March 1935. He attended Dalian Institute of Technology (now Dalian University of Technology) from 1954 to 1955, before transferring to Shanghai Jiao Tong University. After graduating in August 1960 with a degree in marine engineering, he stayed at the university as a faculty member until 1973. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1960. In March 1973, he was transferred to Shijiazhuang Diesel Engine Factory to serve as its chief engineer and deputy head. In October 1980, he was appointed vice mayor of Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Hebei
The politics of Hebei Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Hebei is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Hebei. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Hebei Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary. Secretaries of the CCP Hebei Committee Governors of Hebei # Yang Xiufeng (): August 8, 1949 – November 15, 1952 # Lin Tie (): November 15, 1952 – April 16, 1958 # Liu Zihou (): April 16, 1958 – January 19, 1967 # Li Xuefeng (): February 3, 1968 – January 24, 1971 # Liu Zihou (): January 24, 1971 – December 26, 1979 # Li Erzhong (): February 6, 1980 – June 16, 1982 # Liu Bingyan (): August 10, 1982 – April 28, 1983 # Zhang Shuguang (): April 28, 1983 – May 4, 1986 # Xie Feng (): May 4, 1986 – May 3, 1988 #Yue Qifeng (): May 3, 1988 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Xiaofeng
Wang Xiaofeng (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He was born in Cili County, Hunan. Wang graduated from the China University of Mining and Technology and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1965. He has served as the deputy Party Committee Secretary of Changde. Wang was then elevated to the positions of Hunan Provincial Planning Committee director, Vice-Governor, and Deputy Party Committee Secretary. Wang was then transferred to Hainan Province, where he successively served as Deputy Party Secretary in charge of party affairs, Vice-Governor, acting Governor, Governor, Party Secretary, and Chairman of the Provincial People's Congress. In 2007, Wang became the chief of the office of the Three Gorges Dam project (minister-level), a position he served at until 2010. In 2008, Wang was then named a member of the standing committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruan Chongwu
Ruan Chongwu ( zh, c=阮崇武, p=Ruǎn Chóngwǔ; born May 1933 in Huai'an County, Hebei) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He is the son of . Biography He graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Moscow Automotive College in 1957. He was the Minister of Public Security (China), Minister of Public Security from September 1985 to March 1987, the Minister of Labor from 1989 to 1993, and the Governor of Hainan from 1993 to 1998. Ruan was the member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 1987 to 1997. References External links Ruan Chongwu's Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruan, Chongwu 1933 births Living people Governors of Hainan Politicians from Zhangjiakou People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Ministers of public security of the People's Republic of China Members of the 12th Central Commit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Hainan
The politics of Hainan Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Hainan is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Hainan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Hainan Chinese Communist Party Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Hainan CCP Party Chief". List of the CCP Hainan committee secretaries List of governors of Hainan # Liang Xiang: 1988–1989 # Liu Jianfeng (): 1989–1993 #Ruan Chongwu: 1993–1998 #Wang Xiaofeng: 1998–2003 # Wei Liucheng: 2003–2007 # Luo Baoming: 2007 – August 2011 # Jiang Dingzhi: August 2011 – January 2015 # Liu Cigui: January 2015 – April 2017 # Shen Xiaoming: April 2017 – December 2020 # Feng Fei: December 2020 – April 2023 # Liu Xiaoming: April 2023 – present List of chairmen of Hainan People's Congress # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Yixia
Wu Yixia (; 1943 – 14 September 1998) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Guizhou from 1996 to 1998. He was a representative of the 13th and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography Wu was born Wu Tieyuan () in Jilin City, Jilin Province, Manchukuo, in 1943. In 1963, he was admitted to the Department of Soil Agricultural Chemistry of with the second place in the province, and graduated in 1967. After university, in 1968, he was assigned to the Beidahuang Farm of a PLA unit to do farm works. Wu joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1965, and got involved in politics in 1970. From 1970 to 1982, he worked in both Nong'an County and Jiutai County. Starting in 1983, he successively served as executive vice mayor, deputy party secretary, and party secretary of Changchun. He was promoted to executive vice governor of Jilin in 1987, concurrently serving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
