Duan Junyi was a politician of the People's Republic of China

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After the fall of Gang of Four

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, Duan served as the Minister of Railways

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 of China. In October 1978, he became the first secretary of CPC Henan Committee, director of Henan Revolutionary Committee, and the first political commissar of the provincial military region.

From January 1981 to May 1984, Duan served as the first secretary of CPC Beijing Committee, and the first political commissar of Beijing Defense Area.

In September 1982, Duan was appointed as a standing committee member of the Central Advisory Committee of CPC. He retired in October 1992.

Duan was a member of 10th and 11th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.