Jin Yuzhang (, born May 3, 1942), born Aisin-Gioro Yuzhang, is a Chinese civil servant, politician and former

nobleman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...

. He is the current head of the

House of Aisin-Gioro The House of Aisin-Gioro is a Manchu clan that ruled the Later Jin dynasty (1616–1636), the Qing dynasty (1636–1912), and Manchukuo (1932–1945) in the history of China. Under the Ming dynasty, members of the Aisin Gioro clan served as chie ...

, the ruling house of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

, and is heir apparent to the defunct throne of the

Monarchy of China China was a monarchy from prehistoric times up to 1912, when a republic was established. The succession of legendary monarchs of China were non-hereditary. Dynastic rule began when Yu the Great established the Xia dynasty, and monarchy lasted u ...

.
His father was

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...

nobleman Jin Youzhi, and he is a nephew of

Puyi Puyi (7 February 190617 October 1967) was the final emperor of China, reigning as the eleventh monarch of the Qing dynasty from 1908 to 1912. When the Guangxu Emperor died without an heir, Empress Dowager Cixi picked his nephew Puyi, aged tw ...

, the Xuantong Emperor and last emperor of the

of China.

Biography

Jin was born in Beijing on 3 May 1942. His father, Prince Puren, was the youngest brother of Puyi. Puyi was the last emperor of the Qing dynasty and later became emperor of

Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially known as the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of Great Manchuria thereafter, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945. It was ostens ...

, a Japanese puppet state in northeastern China. Jin was educated at the China University of Geosciences. After graduation, he worked at the

Qinghai Qinghai is an inland Provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. It is the largest provinces of China, province of China (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is Xin ...

Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources from 1968 to 1985, before returning to Beijing to work at the Chongwen district's Bureau of Environmental Protection. Jin is not a member of 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 ...

, but has served on various elected assemblies as a non-partisan member. In 1999, he was elected to the Beijing People's Political Consultative Conference. He retired as vice-director of the Chongwen district government in Beijing in 2008.

Personal life

Jin married an ethnic

Han Chinese The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people, are an East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the list of contemporary ethnic groups, world's la ...

woman, Liu Yumin, in 1974. They have a daughter, Jin Xin (金鑫; b. 1976). Jin's daughter graduated from university with a major in computer science. She is a member of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

in the Dongcheng District of Beijing, and is also a famous painter.

Honors

In December 2022, Jin won the "Jinghua Concentric Award" as a member of the 13th CPPCC.

Ancestry

Patrilineal descent

This patrilineal line shows that Jin Yuzhang was a descendant of rulers of

and ultimately from Odoli tribe. The patrilineal line traced back to

Bukūri Yongšon Bukūri Yongšon (; ? – ?) was a legendary ancestor of the future emperors of the Qing dynasty. Legend Bukūri Yongšon was claimed the progenitor of the Aisin Gioro clan by Hong Taiji, which would be the imperial family of China in the futur ...

. # Fancha, Million of Woduoli Mansion #Huihou # Möngke Temür, Chieftain of Jianzhou Jurchens, 1370–1433 # Cungšan, Chieftain of Jianzhou Jurchens, 1419–1467 # Sibeoci Fiyanggū, Chieftain of Jianzhou Jurchens, d. 1522 # Fuman, Chieftain of Jianzhou Jurchens, d. 1542 # Giocangga, Chieftain of Jianzhou Jurchens, 1526–1583 # Taksi, Chieftain of Jianzhou Jurchens, 1543–1583 # Nurhaci, Khan of Later Jin, 1559–1626 # Hong Taiji, Emperor of Qing Dynasty, 1592–1643 # Shunzhi, Emperor of Qing Dynasty, 1638–1661 # Kangxi, Emperor of Qing Dynasty, 1654–1722 # Yongzheng, Emperor of Qing Dynasty, 1678–1735 # Qianlong, Emperor of Qing Dynasty, 1711–1799 # Jiaqing, Emperor of Qing Dynasty, 1760–1820 # Daoguang, Emperor of Qing Dynasty, 1782–1850 # Yixuan, Prince Chun of the First Rank, 1840–1891 # Zaifeng, Prince Regent of Qing Dynasty, 1883–1951 # Jin Youzhi, 1918–2015 #Jin Yuzhang, b. 1942

References

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