Chen Yaobang

Chen Yaobang (Chinese: 陈耀邦; pinyin: Chén Yàobāng; born December 1935) is a retired politician and former Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China.[1]

Biography

Chen is a native of Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong. He received an undergraduate degree in plant conservation from Huazhong Agricultural Institute (now Huazhong Agricultural University) in 1957, and a graduate degree in plant pathology and agricultural antibiotics in 1966. Chen later served as a teaching assistant at Huazhong Agricultural Institute.[1]

Chen joined the Communist Party of China in March 1982. He previously worked as a technician, deputy office head in the Cash Crop Bureau, and deputy bureau chief of the Agriculture Bureau in the Ministry of Agriculture, Husbandry, and Fisheries, the predecessor to the modern Ministry of Agriculture. In 1986, he was named vice minister. In 1993, Chen became vice chairman of the State Planning Commission, and in 1997 he began serving concurrently as Minister of Forestry. He was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Ministry of Agriculture Party Group Secretary in 1998. Chen later became a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and vice chairman of the CPPCC Economics Committee.[2][1]

References

  1. "简历:全国政协委员陈耀邦(农业界)" (in Chinese). Sohu. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. 陈耀邦简历
Government offices
Preceded by
Liu Jiang
Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China
1998–2001
Succeeded by
Du Qinglin
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