Long Chaoyun

Long Chaoyun was born in August 1952 in Jinping County, Guizhou Province. She began her career in November 1968 as a sent-down youth in Anshun County. From 1971 to 1978, she worked as a factory worker at the Anshun Electric Machinery Plant. In 1978, she entered the Chinese Language and Literature Department of Guizhou University and graduated in 1982.^[2]

After completing her studies, Long worked in the Guizhou Provincial Ethnic Affairs Commission, where she successively served as a staff member, deputy director of the Cultural and Educational Affairs Division, and Director of the General Office. During this period, she also undertook grassroots assignments, including serving with the poverty alleviation work team in Wangmo County, acting as Deputy District Chief of Leyuan District and Deputy Township Head of Shitun Township, and later serving as Deputy Party Secretary of Yuping County.^[2]

In 1991, Long became Deputy Secretary of the Communist Youth League Guizhou Provincial Committee and concurrently Vice Chairwoman of the Guizhou Youth Federation. In 1993, she was promoted to Secretary of the Communist Youth League Guizhou Provincial Committee. She later served as Deputy Party Secretary of Zunyi Prefecture and then as Deputy Party Secretary of Zunyi Municipality. In January 1998, Long was appointed Vice Governor of Guizhou Province. She pursued part-time graduate studies in political economy at the Central Party School during her tenure.^[3]

In April 2002, Long became a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee and continued to serve as Vice Governor. She later served as Chairwoman of the Guizhou Federation of Trade Unions and Party Secretary of Guizhou University. From 2007 to 2012, she served as Head of the United Front Work Department of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee, while also holding various concurrent posts.^[4] In 2012, she became Vice Chairwoman and later Party Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress, serving until her retirement in 2016.^[5]

Long Chaoyun was a delegate to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, a deputy to the 9th National People's Congress, and a member of the 10th and 11th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. She also served as a member of multiple CPC Guizhou Provincial Committees and as a deputy to the 13th Guizhou Provincial People's Congress.^[6][7]