Mao Rubai (; born May 1938) is a Chinese politician who served as

party secretary of Ningxia The secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's ...

from 1997 to 2002 and chairman of Ningxia People's Congress from 1998 to 2002. He also served as chairperson of the

National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee The Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress () is one of nine special committees of the National People's Congress, the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. The special ...

from 2003 to 2008. He was a member of the

15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1997 to 2002. The 14th Central Committee preceded it. It was followed by the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. This was the first Central Committee ...

. He was a delegate to the

9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1998 to 2003 across five plenary sessions. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress. Background This was the f ...

Early life and education

Mao was born in

Yangzhou Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou, Jiangsu, ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

, in May 1938. He secondary studied at Yangzhou High School of Jiangsu Province. In 1955, he entered

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU) is a public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated and sponsored by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. The univers ...

, majoring in the Department of

Meteorology Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e. weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agricultur ...

Career in Tibet

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 ...

(CCP) in November 1959. He was assigned to the Meteorological Bureau of

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...

in August 1961, becoming director in December 1980. He was appointed deputy party secretary of Tibet Autonomous Region in December 1984, concurrently serving as vice chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region since March 1986.

Ministry of Construction

In April 1993, he was transferred to

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

and appointed .

Career in Ningxia

He was chosen as

in August 1997, concurrently serving as chairman of Ningxia People's Congress since May 1998.

National People's Congress

He became vice chairperson of the

in April 2002, and was promoted to chairperson in March 2003.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mao, Rubai 1938 births Living people People from Yangzhou Nanjing University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress