Fang Xin (politician)

Fang Xin was born in 1955, in Beijing, China. She graduated from the Beijing University of Technology in 1980, from the Beijing Institute of Technology with a Master of Arts in 1982, and from the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management with a doctor of philosophy in 1997. From 1987 to 1988, she was a visiting scholar to George Washington University.^[1][2]

In 2002, Fang was named as "An Outstanding Woman Leader" by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[3] Fang worked as director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Policy & Management until her election to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in March 2003. Fang served as a delegate to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1][2][4]