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Xia Weidong

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Xia Weidong
夏伟东
President of Qiushi
In office
2018 – October 2023
Preceded byLi Jie [zh]
Succeeded byChen Yangyong [zh]
Personal details
BornJanuary 1960 (age 64)
Suzhou, Anhui, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materRenmin University of China
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXià Wěidōng

Xia Weidong (Chinese: 夏伟东; born January 1960) is a Chinese ethicist and politician who was president of Qiushi from 2018 to 2023. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Renmin University of China, a researcher at the Moral Education Research Center of Tsinghua University, vice president of the Chinese Ethics Society, and vice president of the Chinese Historical Materialism Society.[1]

He was a representative of the 19th and is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2][3] He was a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.

Early life and education

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Xia was born in Suzhou, Anhui, in January 1960. In 1988, he graduated from the Department of Philosophy and Ethics, Renmin University of China with a Ph.D. in philosophy.[1]

Career

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He successively served as deputy editor in chief of Qiushi, full-time deputy director of the Central Civilization Office, deputy secretary-general of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, director of the Theoretical Bureau, and president of Qiushi.[1]

Publications

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  • 道德的历史与现实 [The History and Reality of Morality] (in Chinese). Beijing: Education Science Press. 2000. ISBN 9787504120137.
  • 思想道德修养 [Ideology and Morality] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Renmin University Press. 2003. ISBN 9787300045887.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Yang Yalan (杨亚澜) (27 August 2018). 夏伟东任求是杂志社社长(图/简历). people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (6 July 2017). 中直机关选举产生109名出席党的十九大代表(名单). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. ^ Zhan Jing (詹婧) (25 September 2022). 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
Party political offices
Preceded by President of Qiushi
2018–2023
Succeeded by