Liu Zhongyi
Liu Zhongyi | |
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刘中一 | |
Minister of Agriculture of China | |
In office June 1990 – April 1993 | |
Premier | Li Peng |
Preceded by | He Kang |
Succeeded by | Liu Jiang |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1930 Communist Party of China |
Alma mater | Zhongyuan University |
Liu Zhongyi (
Minister of Agriculture from 1990 to 1993 and Vice Minister of the National Development and Reform Commission
from 1985 to 1990.
Biography
Liu was born in October 1930 in Wuhan, Hubei, Republic of China. He also used the names Liu Xinglu (刘兴鲁) and Liu Youting (刘佑庭). In February 1949, he enlisted in the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War.[1][2]
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he studied statistics at Zhongyuan University (中原大学) from 1951 to 1952, and joined the
State Planning Commission. During the Cultural Revolution, he was banished to the countryside to perform manual labour.[1][2]
In 1978, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Conservancy Planning Bureau of the
Minister of Agriculture, serving until April 1993, when he became Deputy Director of the Development Research Center of the State Council.[1][2]
Liu was a member of the
National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.[3]
Liu died on 5 January 2020 in Beijing, aged 89.[1][2]