Zheng Hongye

Zheng Hongye was born in August 1929 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. He began revolutionary work in August 1947 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1950. From January 1961, Zheng held various posts in the CCPIT, including Section Chief of the Exhibition Department and Deputy Division Director of the Liaison Department.^[2]

In April 1973, he was appointed Commercial Counsellor at the Chinese embassies in Austria and Greece. In December 1979, he became deputy director and then Director of the Liaison Department of CCPIT. In June 1981, he was appointed Party Leadership Group member and deputy director (Vice Chairman) of CCPIT.^[3] In November 1984, Zheng served as Minister-Counsellor (Commercial) at the Chinese Embassy in Japan. From June 1986, he was Deputy Party Secretary, Vice Chairman, and Acting Chairman of CCPIT. In September 1989, he became Party Secretary and Chairman of CCPIT, serving in that role until May 1995. Afterward, he was appointed Special Consultant to CCPIT until his retirement in June 1999.^[4]

Zheng Hongye died on July 21, 2018, in Beijing at the age of 89 due to illness.^[5]