Fang Weizhong (; 11 February 1928 – 16 March 2025) was a Chinese politician who served as chairperson of the

Economic Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Committee for Economic Affairs is one of ten special committees of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party's unite ...

from 1993 to 2003. Fang was an alternate member of the

12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from September 1982 to November 1987. It held seven plenary sessions. It was succeeded by the 13th Central Committee. It elected the 12th Politburo of the Chinese Communist P ...

and

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and a member of the

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. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th

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and 9th

Early life and education

Fang was born in

Dongfeng County Dongfeng County () is located in southwestern Jilin province, China and is under the administration of Liaoyuan City. It is mainly agricultural with the main crops being wheat and maize (corn). Its major industry is a pharmaceutical company (Don ...

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, on 11 February 1928. He graduated from

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...

and

Northeast Normal University Northeast Normal University (NENU; ) is a public normal university in Changchun, Jilin, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Jilin Provincial People's Government. The unive ...

Career

Fang joined the

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(CCP) in 1950. Fang successively served as a member of the Propaganda Department of the Northeast Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, deputy director of the Research and Editing Office of the State Planning Commission (now National Development and Reform Commission), researcher of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee, head of the Research Office of the State Planning Commission, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, director of the

People's Bank of China The People's Bank of China (officially PBC and unofficially PBOC) is the central bank of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for carrying out monetary policy as determined by the ''PRC People's Bank Law'' and the ''PRC Commercia ...

, and vice chairman of the China Planning Society and the China Enterprise Management Association. In 1993, he became, a position he held until 年. Fang died on 16 March 2025, aged 97.

References

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