Peng Peiyun

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Peng.
Peng Peiyun
彭珮云
Chairperson of the Red Cross Society of China
In office
1999–2009
Preceded byQian Zhengying
Succeeded byHua Jianmin
President of the All-China Women's Federation
In office
1998–2003
Preceded byChen Muhua
Succeeded byGu Xiulian
Chairperson of National Family Planning Commission
In office
January 1988 – March 1998
Preceded byWang Wei
Succeeded byZhang Weiqing
Personal details
BornDecember 1929 (age 94)
Liuyang, Hunan, Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1946–2009)
SpouseWang Hanbin
Children2 sons
Alma materTsinghua University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese彭珮云
Traditional Chinese彭珮雲

Peng Peiyun (Chinese: 彭珮云; born December 1929) is a Chinese politician.[1]

Biography[edit]

Peng was born in Liuyang, Hunan, in December 1929. She was admitted to the National Southwestern Associated University at 15. She graduated from Qinghua University and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1946. She held several positions in the CCP branches in public education institutions. She was assigned to the deputy secretary of the CCP committee in Beijing University before she was denounced by Nie Yuanzi, demoted and sent to the countryside in the Cultural Revolution.[2][3]

Peng was rehabilitated near the end of the Cultural Revolution. She entered the Ministry of Education and became the vice minister before she was assigned the Minister of the National Family Planning Commission. In 1993 she became a member of the State Council. In 1998, she was elected the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the Chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation.[4] In 1999, she was elected the Chairperson of the Red Cross Society of China. She was reelected to the same position in 2004.

Peng was elected as a delegate to the 12th and 13th CCP National Congresses and to the 14th and 15th CCP Central Committees.

Personal life[edit]

Peng married Wang Hanbin, a Chinese politician who was also elected the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and CCP Central Committee. The couple have four children.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Biography of Peng Peiyun". China Vitae. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  2. ^ The A to Z of the Chinese Cultural Revolution By Guo Jian, Yongyi Song, Yuan Zhou, Rowman & Littlefield, Sep 30, 2009, page 219
  3. ^ *Dong, Guoqiang (2010). "The First Uprising of the Cultural Revolution at Nanjing University". Journal of Cold War Studies. 12 (3): 30–49. doi:10.1162/JCWS_a_00002. S2CID 57565293.
  4. ^ Peng Peiyun's Women's Work: Equality, Development and Peace, by Peng Peiyun, China Women Publishing House, 2005, Abstract
Political offices
Preceded by Chairperson of All-China Women's Federation
1998–2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairperson of National Family Planning Commission
1988–1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairperson of the Red Cross Society of China
1999–2009 		Succeeded by
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