Jia Jiumin

In 1931, Jia Jiumin engaged in patriotic student movements, including as the Anti-Japanese Salvation Association at Shanxi University, the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, and the December 9th Movement. He obtained his degree from the Metallurgy Department of Shanxi University in 1936. In November 1937, he affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party and engaged with the National Salvation Association. He functioned as a political instructor in the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Forces of Fencheng County and occupied various positions during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including Political Commissar of the 213th Brigade of the Shanxi New Army, Political Director of the 57th Regiment, and Standing Committee Member, later Secretary of the Party Committee of the CCP Cadre School of the Jin-Ji-Yu Border Region. He held the positions of organization director, Deputy Secretary, and Secretary of the CCP Party School of the Taihang Sub-bureau, as well as Deputy Secretary of the Changzhi Prefectural Party Committee, Secretary of the CCP Jiaozuo Prefectural Committee, political commissar of the military sub-region, and subsequently secretary of the Third Sub-regional Party Committee in the Taihang and Taiyue Southern Areas.^[2]

Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Jia relocated south with the military and took on several leadership roles in Fujian Province. He held the positions of Secretary of the Nanping Prefectural Committee of the CCP, Political Commissar of the Military Sub-region, Director and Party Secretary of the Provincial Transportation Department, and deputy director of the Provincial Finance and Economic Committee.^[3] He served on the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from July 1954 to May 1956. He held the position of vice governor of Fujian Province from February 1955 to January 1959. He assumed the role of Deputy Secretary of the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee in May 1956 and served as Secretary of the Secretariat of the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee from July 1956 to May 1967. Simultaneously, he held the position of president of Fuzhou University and was a member of the East China Bureau of the CCP Central Committee.^[1] He served as vice chairman of the Fujian Revolutionary Committee from June 1975 to January 1978.^[4][5]

In January 1978, Jia was designated Vice Chairman of the 4th Fujian Provincial Committee of the CPPCC.^[6] From December 1979 to April 1983, he held the position of Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 5th Fujian Provincial People's Congress, concurrently serving as Third Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission and as a member of the preparatory group for the Provincial Advisory Commission. He served as a delegate to the 8th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and as a deputy to the 6th and 7th National People's Congresses.^[7] Jia Jiumin died in Fuzhou on February 15, 1996, at the age of 83.^[8]