Committee of Education, Science, Health and Sports
Special Committee of the CPPCC National Committee
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The Committee of Education, Science, Health and Sports[1] is one of ten special committees of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party's united front system.
| 中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会 教科卫体委员会 | |||||||
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| Formation | June 9, 1988 | ||||||
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| Type | Special Committee of the CPPCC | ||||||
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Chairperson | Chen Baosheng (陈宝生) | ||||||
Parent organization | National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | ||||||
| Website | http://www.cppcc.gov.cn/zxww/newcppcc/jkwwtwyh/index.shtml | ||||||
Formerly called | Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会教科卫体委员会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國人民政治協商會議全國委員會教科衛體委員會 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 全国政协教科卫体委员会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 全國政協教科衛體委員會 | ||||||
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History
The committee was created in June 1988 during the 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2] In 2018, it was renamed from the Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports to the Committee of Education, Science, Health and Sports as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions.[3]
List of chairpersons
| No. | Chairpersons | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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| 7th | Fang Yi | June 1988 | 21 May 1993 | |
| 7th | Qian Xuesen | June 1988 | 21 May 1993 | |
| 7th | Qian Zhengying | June 1988 | 21 May 1993 | |
| 8th | Qian Weichang | 21 May 1993 | 16 March 1998 | |
| 8th | Zhu Guangya | 21 May 1993 | 16 March 1998 | |
| 8th | Qian Zhengying | 21 May 1993 | 16 March 1998 | |
| 9th | Liu Zhongde | 16 March 1998 | 15 March 2003 | |
| 10th | Liu Zhongde | 15 March 2003 | 15 March 2008 | |
| 11th | Xu Guanhua | 15 March 2008 | 13 March 2013 | |
| 12th | Zhang Yutai | 13 March 2013 | 16 March 2018 | [4] |
| 13th | Yuan Guiren | 16 March 2018 | 13 March 2023 | [5] |
| 14th | Chen Baosheng | 13 March 2023 | Incumbent |