Chen Hua (politician)

Chen Hua (born October 1954, Chinese: 陈桦) is a Chinese Communist Party official and economist who has spent her career in Fujian Province’s economic planning and provincial administration. She is of Han Chinese ethnicity, and born in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. In July 2003, Chen became Deputy Secretary of the Nanping Municipal CCP Committee and Acting Mayor of Nanping, officially becoming Mayor in February 2004.

She possesses a university degree and serves as an associate researcher. She formerly held the position of Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress.^[1]

Chen Hua resided in the Lingtou Commune of Fuzhou City's outskirts during her formative years as a Sent-down youth from February 1973 to November 1976. She commenced employment in February 1973 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in January 1992. She subsequently participated in the Teacher Training Program of the Fuzhou City Education Bureau from November 1976 to February 1978. She studied Political Economy at the Department of Economics at Xiamen University from February 1978 to February 1982. Following graduation, from February 1982 to March 1992, Chen Hua was employed at the Social and Economic Editorial Department of the Fujian Forum, a magazine of the Fujian Academy of Social Sciences, where he held the positions of editor, deputy director, and director.^[2]

In March 1992, Chen was designated as the Deputy Director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Research Institute at the Fujian Academy of Social Sciences. Thereafter, she became a member of the Fujian Provincial Economic System Reform Commission, where she held various positions: Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Planning Division (October 1993 to December 1994), Director of the Division (December 1994 to July 1996), Deputy Director and Member of the Party Leadership Group (July 1996 to September 1998), and Deputy Director and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group (September 1998 to March 2000). In March 2000, Chen Hua was designated as Deputy Director and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Fujian Provincial Economic System Reform and Opening-up Commission, and was elevated to Director and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group in September 2001.^[3]

In July 2003, Chen Hua was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the CCP Nanping Municipal Committee and Acting Mayor of Nanping City. In February 2004, she was formally designated as Mayor of Nanping City, and in November 2006, she was elevated to Member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial CCP Committee and Secretary of the Education Work Committee. Beginning in January 2008, Chen Hua held the positions of Member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial CCP Committee and Vice Governor of Fujian Province, while also serving as Secretary of the Education Work Committee. In April, she simultaneously held the position of President of the Fujian Party School. In January 2011, she maintained his position as a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial CCP Committee and Vice Governor of Fujian Province, while also serving as Secretary of the Education Work Committee.^[4]

From January 2013 until February 2015, Chen Hua maintained his position as a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial CCP Committee and Secretary of the Education Work Committee. In February 2015, she was appointed Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the 12th Fujian Provincial People's Congress, officially assuming the role the subsequent month and serving until January 2018.^[5]

Moreover, Chen Hua acted as a delegate to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and participated in the 7th and 8th Party Congresses of Fujian Province.^[1]