Qi Xuchun (Chinese:齐续春; born February 1946) is a Chinese politician ofManchu ethnicity, originally fromBeijing. He holds a university degree incomputational mathematics from the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics atPeking University. Over the course of his career, he has held numerous important positions, including Executive Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of theRevolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK), Vice Chairman of the12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and member of the Standing Committee of the11th National People's Congress (NPC), where he also served as Deputy Director of theForeign Affairs Committee.[1][2]
Qi entered Peking University in 1964 and graduated in 1969 with a degree in computational mathematics. Like many university graduates during theCultural Revolution, he was sent to the countryside, where he worked as an "educated youth" at the XiayuanPeople's Commune inChengde County,Hebei Province. There, he also served as a technician at the county broadcasting station.
From 1971 to 1987, he taught at Chengde County No. 1Middle School, eventually becoming head of the physics teaching and research group.
Qi began his political career in 1987 as Deputy County Head of Chengde County. He was later appointed Vice Chairman of the Chengde MunicipalCPPCC in 1990 and served as Deputy Mayor of Chengde from 1991 to 1996. He joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK) in January 1995.
In 1996, he was named Deputy Director of the Hebei Provincial Education Commission, and from 1998 to 2000, he also served as Vice Chairman of the Hebei Provincial CPPCC.
Qi moved to the national level in 2000 as full-time Deputy Secretary-General of theCPPCC National Committee. In 2004, he was elected Vice Chairman of the 10th Central Committee of the RCCK. From 2007 to 2008, he served as full-time Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the RCCK Central Committee, continuing as Vice Chairman until 2012, when he was elected Executive Vice Chairman.
In March 2013, Qi Xuchun was elected Vice Chairman of the 12th CPPCC, a position that marked the culmination of his long career in both regional and national politics.[3]
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