Xin Chunying

Xin Chunyin (Chinese: 信春鹰; pinyin: Xìn Chūnyīng; born 13 October 1956)[1] is a Chinese legal scholar and politician who serves as a committee member on in the National Congress of the Communist Party of China. She is also the Vice-Chairperson of Legislative Affairs Commission of China's National People's Congress.[2][3][4]

Xin Chunyin
信春鹰
Member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Personal details
Born (1956-10-13) 13 October 1956
Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
NationalityHan Chinese
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materJilin University
Chinese Academy of Social Science
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xin.

Career

Xin was born in 1956 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. After graduating with a degree in Law from Jilin University in 1978 she continued her studies, obtaining a Master's in Law in 1981 from the Chinese Academy of Social Science. Three years later she traveled to the United States as a visiting scholar of UC Berkeley School of Law where she discovered how Chinese politics was being perceived. Finishing her studies overseas in 1986 she returned to China and worked as a scholar at a number of national-level law institutions.[3]

Political career

In March 2003 Xin was elected as a member of the National People's Congress Law Committee, a special committee whose job is to process national legislation and legislative plans of the nation. In that same year she also became a member of the 10th NPC Standing Committee and the Vice-Chairman of the 10th Legislative Affairs Committee.[3]

Since 2008, Xin has withdrawn from many of her committee roles and is now Deputy Secretary-General of NPC Standing Committee.[2][4]

References
  1. "Xin Chunying". Institute of Legal Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
  2. "Xin Chunying 信春鹰". China Vitae. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. Cheng, Eileen. "Former Scholar Appointed Deputy Secretary-General of NPC Standing Committee". All-China Women's Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. "List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee". China Daily. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
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