You Dexin (February 1931 – September 7, 2023, zh, 游德馨), born in

Luoyuan County Luoyuan County (; Foochow Romanized: Lò̤-nguòng) is a county on the northeast coast of Fujian Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the provincial capital. The county spans an area of 1,187 squ ...

Fujian Province Fujian is a province in southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefecture city by population is Qua ...

, was a Chinese politician. He served as chairman of the 7th and 8th

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, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the

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, and Vice Governor of the

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Biography

You Dexin possessed a high school certificate and the professional designation of Senior Economist. In March 1948, he became 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 ...

and commenced his revolutionary activities as part of the clandestine Party organization at Fuzhou No. 1 Middle School. From August 1949 to November 1958, he held various positions, including trainee in the Fuzhou Municipal CCP Committee's youth training program, head of the rural work team in Cangshan District, mayor of Bailu Township, head of the Suburban Committee's research group, officer in the Mutual Aid and Cooperation Department, deputy head of the Publicity Department, and Party Secretary of Yuefeng Township. Commencing in November 1958, he occupied various leadership positions, including vice director of the Fuzhou Suburban People's Commune, Minister of Industry and Transportation, deputy director of the Municipal Office of the CCP, director of the Suburban Committee Office, Deputy Head of Gai Mountain Vegetable Farm, deputy director of the Municipal Agricultural Reclamation Bureau, participant in the Agricultural and Forestry Bureau's training program, and group leader of the Batou team within the Beifeng Construction Office. In August 1971, he was designated group head of the Planning and General Affairs Groups of the Fuzhou Revolutionary Committee, subsequently ascending to the positions of deputy director and eventually director of the Municipal Planning Commission. He held the positions of Deputy Secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Committee of the CCP and Mayor of Fuzhou from February 1980 to March 1984. In March 1984, he ascended to the position of vice governor of Fujian Province and deputy secretary of the provincial government's leading party group while simultaneously holding the roles of director and party secretary of the Provincial Foreign Economic and Trade Commission. In April 1992, he assumed the roles of vice chairman and deputy secretary of the leading party group of the standing committee of the

. He held the position of chairman and Party Secretary of the

(CPPCC) from January 1993 until February 2001. He formally retired in January 2005. You Dexin died in Fuzhou on the morning of September 7, 2023, at the age of 93.

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