Yuan Qitong

Yuan Qitong (May 1932 – March 9, 2023, Chinese: 袁启彤) is a Chinese politician from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. He occupied several significant roles in Fujian, including Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary, secretary of the Fujian Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and director of the 8th and 9th Standing Committees of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress.

Biography

In the spring of 1948, he became a member of the New Democratic Youth League in Shanghai. In May 1949, he was assigned to Fujian as a member of the East China Military Region's Southward Service Corps, fulfilling various positions such as county propaganda officer and deputy director of the culture and education department in Sha County. He became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in February 1953. In November 1964, he was designated deputy director of the Cultural Bureau of the Nanping Administrative Region; in July 1969, he ascended to the position of Party Secretary and Director of Junkou Commune in Jianning County. Subsequently, he occupied roles as a member of the Party Standing Committee in Jianning County, Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of Yong’an County, and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Sanming City.

In October 1982, he was appointed as Deputy Party Secretary and Vice Mayor in Fuzhou. In March 1984, he was elevated to Party Secretary of Fuzhou while also holding the position of Director of the Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee. In July 1985, he attained membership in the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He held the position of Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee from December 1989 and concurrently served as Secretary of its Political and Legal Affairs Commission from February 1990. In January 1993, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and deputy director of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, advancing to Deputy Secretary and acting director. In April 1997, he assumed the roles of director and secretary of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress while also serving as director of the Provincial Committee for Caring for the Next Generation. He also held the position of Special Consultant to the Fujian Council for the Promotion of International Trade beginning in December 1998, and from January 2002, he resumed his duties as Secretary of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee and Director of the Provincial Committee for Caring for the Next Generation. He retired in March 2005.

Yuan worked as an advisor to the Chinese Senior Citizens Sports Association and was a delegate to the 13th and 17th National Congress of the Communist Party. He was elected as a deputy to the 8th and 9th National People's Congress and the 14th Fujian Provincial People's Congress. He was a member of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Fujian Provincial Party Committees. Yuan Qitong succumbed to illness at the age of 91 in Fuzhou on March 9, 2023.