He Dongchang
Chinese politician (1923-2014)
He Dongchang (Chinese: 何东昌; April 1923 – 23 January 2014) was a Chinese politician who served as minister of education from 1982 to 1985.
He was a member of the 12th and 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 3rd and 5th National People's Congress. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Early life and education
He was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang, in April 1923. In 1941, he enrolled at National Southwestern Associated University, where he majored in the Department of Aeronautics.
Career
After graduation in 1947, he taught at Peiyang University (now Tianjin University). He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August of the same year. A year later, he moved to Tsinghua University, where he presided over the establishment of the Department of Engineering Physics and also served as the department head. In the winter of 1973, he was labeled as "a representative figure of the bourgeois restoration forces" (资产阶级复辟势力代表人物) by Chi Qun, and later reinstated in 1977.
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