Chen Weida was a Chinese politician and educator.

Biography

Chen Weida was born in Xiangshui County

Xiangshui County

Xiangshui County is a county of under the jurisdiction of Yancheng prefecture level city in Jiangsu province in eastern coastal China.It also borders on neighboring jurisdiction areas of Lianyungang and Huai'an. The county was founded in 1966, and has a population of 595,500...

, Jiangsu

Jiangsu

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 in 1916. He joined the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

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 in 1937.

After the foundation of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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, Chen Weida had been the Secretory of the CPC Hangzhou

Hangzhou

Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...

 Committee, the First Secretary of the CPC Tianjin

Tianjin

' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...

 Committee, and the Deputy Secretary of the CPC Central Political and Legislative Affairs Committee

Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee

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Chen was the President of Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

 from 1962 to 1968.

External links

Chen Weida's profile, Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

 website. Biography of Chen Weida, Xiangshui County

Xiangshui County

Xiangshui County is a county of under the jurisdiction of Yancheng prefecture level city in Jiangsu province in eastern coastal China.It also borders on neighboring jurisdiction areas of Lianyungang and Huai'an. The county was founded in 1966, and has a population of 595,500...

Government website.