Dong Xin (politician, born 1916)
Dong Xin | |
|---|---|
董昕 | |
| Vice Governor of Jilin Province | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1916 Tangshan, Hebei, China |
| Died | February 6, 1994 (aged 77–78) Beijing, China |
Dong Xin (Chinese: 董昕; 1916 – February 6, 1994) was a Chinese politician and trade unionist. He served as Vice Governor of Jilin Province and was a member of both the Secretariat and the Party Leadership Group of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU).[1]
Biography
Dong Xin was born in 1916 in Tangshan, Hebei. He joined the Anti-Imperialist League in 1931, became a member of the Communist Youth League of China in 1932, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1933. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he held several positions within the party and trade union system, including secretary of the North China Office of the ACFTU, party secretary of the Tianjin Federation of Trade Unions, secretary of the Tangshan Municipal Committee, and head of publishing and distribution work under the CCP Northern Bureau. He also worked as company commander and branch secretary at the training program organized by the CCP Youth Committee in Anwu, deputy leader of the Workers’ Brigade under the CCP Labor Movement Committee, head of the Cadres Section of the CCP Youth Committee, leader of the Northwest Youth National Salvation Association's wartime work group in the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region, secretary for underground organizations in Japanese-occupied cities, publicity minister and secretary of the CCP Tangshan Municipal Committee (June 1946 to December 1947),[2] and secretary of the CCP Beiping Municipal Committee.[3][4]
After 1949, Dong continued his career in political and trade union work. He served as secretary of the Northeastern Suburban District Committee of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, deputy director of the CYL Young Workers Department, standing committee member of the All-China Youth Federation, and head of the Production Department of the ACFTU. He later became first deputy director of the ACFTU's Policy Research Office, director of its General Office, member of its Presidium, secretary of its Secretariat, and member of its Party Leadership Group. In addition, he served as a part-time member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, member of the executive committee of the World Federation of Trade Unions, head of the Industry and Communications Department of the CCP Jilin Provincial Committee, Vice Governor of Jilin Province, and standing committee member of the Jilin Provincial Advisory Commission. In 1990, he was reappointed as a member of the Secretariat and the Party Leadership Group of the ACFTU.[5]
Dong Xin died in Beijing on February 6, 1994, at the age of 78.[6]
References
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- ^ 中国共产党组织史资料: 全国解放战争时期, 1945.8-1949.9 (第4卷, 上下) (in Chinese). Chinese Communist Party History Press. 2000. p. 768. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ 唐山市志 (in Chinese). Local Chronicles Publishing House. 1999. p. 2240. ISBN 978-7-80122-545-0. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ 工会大辞典 (in Chinese). 经济管理出版社. 1989. p. 127. ISBN 978-7-80025-117-7. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ 中国共产党工运思想文库 (in Chinese). 中国工人出版社. 1993. p. 1388. ISBN 978-7-5008-1502-0. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ 新华月报社 (1994). 新华月报 (in Chinese). 人民出版社. p. 113. Retrieved 2025-09-24.