Xin Chunying
Chinese legal scholar and politician
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Xin Chunyin (Chinese: 信春鹰; pinyin: Xìn Chūnyīng; born 13 October 1956)[1] is a Chinese legal scholar and politician who serves as a committee member on in the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. She is also the vice-chairperson of Legislative Affairs Commission of China's National People's Congress.[2][3][4]
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Xin Chunyin | |
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| 信春鹰 | |
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| Chairperson of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People’s Congress | |
| Assumed office March 2023 | |
| Chairman | Zhao Leji |
| Preceded by | Li Fei |
| Member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 October 1956 |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Jilin University Chinese Academy of Social Science |
Career
Xin was born in 1956 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. After graduating with a degree in law from Jilin University in 1978 she continued her studies, obtaining a Master's in Law in 1981 from the Chinese Academy of Social Science. Three years later she traveled to the United States as a visiting scholar of UC Berkeley School of Law where she discovered how Chinese politics was being perceived. Finishing her studies overseas in 1986 she returned to China and worked as a scholar at a number of national-level law institutions.[3]
Political career
In March 2003 Xin was elected as a member of the National People's Congress Law Committee, a special committee whose job is to process national legislation and legislative plans of the nation. In that same year she also became a member of the 10th NPC Standing Committee and the vice-chairman of the 10th Legislative Affairs Committee.[3]
Since 2008, Xin has withdrawn from many of her committee roles and is now Deputy Secretary-General of NPC Standing Committee.[2][4]
During the 14th National People's Congress, she was appointed chairperson of the Constitution and Law Committee.[5]