Shao Qihui (; born June 1934) is a Chinese engineer and politician who served as governor of Heilongjiang from 1989 to 1994. He was a representative of the 13th and 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the

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. He was a delegate to the 7th and

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. He was a member of the 9th National Committee of the

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and a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Early life and education

Shao was born in the town of Gaocheng, Yixing,

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 June 1934. He attended Hangzhou No. 2 High School and worked as secretary of the Youth League Committee at the school after graduation in September 1952. He joined the

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(CCP) in October 1953.

Career in Zhejiang

In February 1955, he was appointed as deputy director of the Office of

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Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, and held that office until March 1958, when he was downgraded to worker at Wulin Machinery Factory due to "making ake mistakes".

Career in Heilongjiang

In February 1962, he was transferred to Harbin Forestry Machinery Factory, where he successively served as worker, technician, deputy factory director and chief engineer, and factory director. During that period, he studied at Harbin Institute of Technology by taking classes at night, majoring in machine manufacturing. After working in the factory for more than 23 years, he became

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of the

Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

in May 1985, a position he held until April 1987, when he was made party secretary of Qiqihar. After a short term as vice governor of

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 Us ...

between January 1988 and January 1989, he became acting governor in December 1988 and in January 1989 succeeded Hou Jie as

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Career in central government

After his replacement as governor, Shao served as executive vice minister of the from May 1994 to March 1998. In March 1998, he became director of the State Bureau of Machine Building Industry, a post he kept until September 1999.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shao, Qihui 1934 births Living people People from Yixing Harbin Institute of Technology alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 7th National People's Congress Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress Members of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference