11 Facts About Ding Guangen

Ding Guangen was a Chinese politician who served in senior leadership roles in the Chinese Communist Party during the 1990s.

Ding Guangen was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party between 1992 and 2002, a member of the Central Secretariat, and one of the top officials in charge of propaganda and ideology during the term of Party General Secretary and President Jiang Zemin.

Ding Guangen was born in September 1929 in Wuxi, Jiangsu province.

Ding Guangen graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a degree in engineering.

Ding Guangen was elevated to the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 1987, and was expected to take on more prominent posts.

Ding Guangen was demoted to the vice director of the National Planning Commission.

Later, Ding Guangen became the director of Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

Ding Guangen re-emerged in 1989 and took charge of the United Front Work Department of CCP.

Since 1992, Ding Guangen had served as the head of Central Propaganda Department of CCP, responsible for ideological affairs for 10 years.

Ding Guangen was a member of 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, an alternate member of 13th Politburo, and a full member of 14th and 15th Politburo.

Ding Guangen died July 22,2012, in Beijing at the age of 83, he was eulogized by the party as a "long-tested fighter of the Communist cause".