Chen Xian (politician)
Chen Xian (
State Planning Commission
.
Biography
Chen was born in
Communist Party of China in September 1940. In 1947 he served as director of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce in Yantai, Shandong Province.[2][3]
After the founding of the
State Planning Commission.[2][3] He was persecuted at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, but was rehabilitated and became director of the Comprehensive Planning Bureau in December 1968. He also served as director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China from 1974 to 1981. In 1982 he became deputy director of the State Planning Commission.[2][3]
Chen was a member of the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and was a member of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress.[2][3] He also taught as a part-time professor at Renmin University of China.[1]
Chen retired in August 1995. He died on 1 September 2018 in Beijing, aged 98.[2][3]
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