Cao Hongming (Chinese: 曹鸿鸣; born May 1935) is a Chinese politician who served in senior provincial leadership positions in Jiangsu Province, including Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress. He has also held key posts in political-legal affairs and municipal leadership, particularly in Wuxi and Yangzhou, during the reform era of the People's Republic of China.[1]
Cao Hongming | |
|---|---|
| 曹鸿鸣 | |
| Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee | |
| In office 1995–2001 | |
| Deputy Secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee | |
| Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1935 (age 91) Wuxi, Jiangsu, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
Biography
editCao Hongming was born in May 1935 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1955 and began working in October 1951 with a high school education background. He began his career in rural and grassroots administrative work, serving as a member of a rural work team under the CPC Su’nan Regional Committee. He later worked in Wuxi County's supply and marketing cooperative system and in the handicraft federation, where he gained experience in local economic administration. In the late 1950s, he advanced to leadership roles within the industrial bureau of Wuxi County, eventually becoming deputy director, director, and Party secretary of the county industrial system.[2]
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cao held positions within the Wuxi County Revolutionary Committee and served as a member of the county Party standing committee. He also participated in an industrial inspection mission to Vietnam in 1971, reflecting China's early international technical cooperation efforts during that period. In the mid-1970s, he was appointed deputy Party secretary and later Party secretary of Wuxi County, also serving as chairman of the county revolutionary committee. Between 1977 and 1978, he was temporarily assigned to a central government task force under the State Council focused on youth resettlement issues during the Down to the Countryside Movement period.[2]
In the early 1980s, Cao was transferred to Yangzhou, where he served first as deputy Party secretary and later as Party secretary of Yangzhou. In 1988, he became a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Standing Committee and Party Secretary of Yangzhou, and shortly thereafter took on additional responsibilities as Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission and head of the Provincial Rural Work Department.[3]
From 1989, Cao served as Deputy Secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee while continuing to oversee political and legal affairs at the provincial level. In December 1994, he became Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission. In February 1995, Cao was appointed Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, a position he held through successive terms, serving as Deputy Party Group Secretary of the Standing Committee until 2001.[4][5]
Cao was a delegate to both the 12th and 13th National Congresses of the Chinese Communist Party and served as a representative to the 9th and 13th National People's Congresses.[6]
References
edit- ↑ 江苏省志: (上). 中共志 (in Chinese). 江苏人民出版社. 1999. p. 68. Retrieved 2026-05-11.
- 1 2 《中国人名大词典》编辑部 (1994). 中国人名大词典: 现任党政军领导人物卷. Foreign Languages Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-7-119-00725-0. Retrieved 2026-05-11.
- ↑ 江苏省志: 中共志 (in Chinese). 江苏人民出版社. 2003. p. 68. ISBN 978-7-214-03561-5. Retrieved 2026-05-11.
- ↑ 中国共产党组织史资料: 社会主义事业发展新时期, 1976.10-1997.9 (第7卷, 上下) (in Chinese). 中共党史出版社. 2000. p. 640. Retrieved 2026-05-11.
- ↑ 中国共产党组织史资料: 附卷1. 中华人民共和国政权组织, 1949.10-1997.9 (in Chinese). 中共党史出版社. 2000. p. 1121. Retrieved 2026-05-11.
- ↑ 人大代表风采录: 甘肃卷 (in Chinese). 中国经济出版社. 2000. ISBN 978-7-5017-3720-8. Retrieved 2026-05-11.