Yu Xingde
Chinese politician
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Yu Xingde (Chinese: 俞兴德; born November 1939) is a Chinese politician who served as Vice Governor and Executive Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
Yu Xingde | |
|---|---|
| Chinese: 俞兴德 | |
| Vice Governor of Jiangsu | |
| In office March 1992 – December 1994 | |
| Executive Vice Governor of Jiangsu | |
| In office December 1994 – February 2001 | |
| Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress | |
| In office February 2001 – 2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1939 (age 86) Wujin, Jiangsu, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Suzhou Agricultural School | |
Biography
Yu Xingde was born in November 1939 in Wujin, Jiangsu Province. He studied at Suzhou Agricultural School from September 1956 to August 1959. He began working in August 1959 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1961.[2]
Yu started his career in the agricultural sector, working in the Suzhou Regional Academy of Agricultural Sciences, where he served as head of the cultivation group, and later in the Suzhou Regional Bureau of Agriculture. From October 1974 to January 1979, he was sent abroad as part of China’s foreign aid program, serving as head of the production and technical team of Chinese agricultural experts assisting the Mbarali Farm in Tanzania.[3] He later returned to China and became head of the grain crops division of the Suzhou Regional Bureau of Agriculture.[4]
From November 1981 to November 1982, Yu led a Chinese rice expert team in Rwanda as part of another international agricultural assistance program. Upon returning, he served as deputy director of the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture. In January 1984, he was appointed Communist Party Secretary of Wujiang County.[5] Yu subsequently rose to municipal leadership in Suzhou, serving as a member of the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal Committee, Vice Mayor, and Director of the Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission. In February 1986, he became Deputy Party Secretary of Suzhou and later served as acting mayor and then mayor of the city.[6][7]
In November 1989, Yu was appointed Communist Party Secretary of Zhenjiang. In March 1992, he was promoted to Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province, and in December 1994 he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and concurrently served as Executive Vice Governor.[8]
From February 2001, Yu Xingde served as Deputy Director and Deputy Party Group Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress until his retirement in 2003. After retirement, he also served as President of the Jiangsu Charity Federation.[4]