Wang Zhaowen
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Wang Chaowen (; born October 1930) is a Chinese politician of
Miao Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode ...
ethnicity who served as
governor of Guizhou The governor of Guizhou, officially the Governor of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government, is the head of Guizhou, Guizhou Province and leader of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government. The governor is elected by the Guizhou Provincial P ...
from 1983 to 1993 and chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress from 1994 to 1998. He was a member of the 12th, 13th and
14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1992 to 1997. It held seven plenary sessions. It was preceded by the 13th Central Committee. It was elected by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ...
. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the
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and
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 ...
.


Biography

Wang was born in
Huangping County Huangping County (; Hmu: ''Wangx Zangx'') is a county in the east of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Administrative divisions Huangping County is divided into 8 town ...
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, in October 1930. He entered the workforce in December 1949, and 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 July 1951. He was first party secretary of Shibing County in September 1956, and held that office until January 1960. He served as deputy secretary of Guizhou Provincial Committee of the
Communist Youth League of China The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC; also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League or CYL) is a people's organization of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, r ...
in February 1960, and was promoted to the secretary position in June 1973. In 1966, the
Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...
broke out, he was removed from office and effectively sidelined, but soon reinstated in December 1969. In September 1977, he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In January 1980, he became vice governor of Guizhou, rising to
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in April 1983. He also served as
deputy party secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the depu ...
from March 1985 to November 1993. In January 1994, he became chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress, a post he kept until January 1998. In March 1998, he took office as chairperson of the
National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee The Ethnic Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress is one of ten special committees of the National People's Congress. The special committee was created during the first session of the 1st National People's Congress in September 1 ...
, serving in the post until his retirement in March 2003.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Chaowen 1930 births Living people People from Huangping County Miao people Governors of Guizhou People's Republic of China politicians from Guizhou Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guizhou Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress Chairpersons of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee