Wu Jichuan

Wu Jichuan
Wu Jichuan
吴基传
Minister of Information Industry [zh]
	In office; March 1998 – March 2003
Premier	Zhu Rongji
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Wang Xudong
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications [zh]
	In office; March 1993 – March 1998
Premier	Li Peng
Preceded by	Lu Si [zh]
Succeeded by	Position revoked
Personal details
Born	October 1937 (age 87); Changning County, Hunan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Peking University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	吴基传
Traditional Chinese	吳基傳
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wú Jīchuán

Wu Jichuan (Chinese: 吴基传; born October 1937) is a Chinese politician who served as minister of posts and telecommunications from 1993 to 1998 and minister of information industry from 1998 to 2003.

He was a delegate to the 8th, 9th, and 10th National People's Congress. He was an alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Biography

Wu was born in Changning County (now Changning), Hunan, in October 1937.^{[citation needed]} In 1956, he entered Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, majoring in telegraphic communication. After graduation, he stayed and worked at the university.{cn}}

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1960. Since September 1965, he served in various posts in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications [zh]. He moved up the ranks to become vice minister in October 1984 and minister in March 1993,^[2] interspersed with short terms as deputy party secretary of Henan from June 1990 to February 1993.^[3] In March 1998, he became minister of the newly founded information industry [zh], a post he kept until March 2003.^[4]

In March 2003, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

He married Gong Shuangjin (龚双瑾), a communication transmission expert who gave birth to two daughters.

References

^ Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee; Party History Research Center of the CCP Central Committee, eds. (2004). 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典 1921–2003 [The Dictionary of Successive Central Committee Members of the Chinese Communist Party 1921–2003] (in Chinese). Beijing: CCP History Press. p. 828. ISBN 7-80136-946-7.
^ Chinese and Foreign Celebrity Research Center, ed. (1991). 中国当代名人录 [Contemporary Chinese Celebrities] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House. p. 367. ISBN 7-208-01198-2.
^ Editorial Department, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 1198. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.
^ National School of Administration, ed. (2000). 中华人民共和国政府机构五十年 [Fifty Years of Government Agencies of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Party Building Reading Press. p. 242. ISBN 7-80098-406-0.

Government offices
Preceded by Lu Si [zh]	Minister of Posts and Telecommunications [zh] 1993–1998	Succeeded by Position revoked
New title	Minister of Information Industry [zh] 1998–2003	Succeeded by Wang Xudong
Academic offices
Preceded by Hu Qili	President of the Chinese Institute of Electronics [zh] 2002–2012	Succeeded by Lou Qinjian

[1] Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee; Party History Research Center of the CCP Central Committee, eds. (2004). 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典 1921–2003 [The Dictionary of Successive Central Committee Members of the Chinese Communist Party 1921–2003] (in Chinese). Beijing: CCP History Press. p. 828. ISBN 7-80136-946-7.

[2] Chinese and Foreign Celebrity Research Center, ed. (1991). 中国当代名人录 [Contemporary Chinese Celebrities] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House. p. 367. ISBN 7-208-01198-2.

[3] Editorial Department, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 1198. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.

[4] National School of Administration, ed. (2000). 中华人民共和国政府机构五十年 [Fifty Years of Government Agencies of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Party Building Reading Press. p. 242. ISBN 7-80098-406-0.

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