Xu Youfang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Xu Youfang (Chinese: 徐有芳; pinyin: Xú Yǒufāng; born December 1939) is a Chinese politician. He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1] He was a delegate to the 9th National People's Congress.

Xu Youfang
徐有芳
Chairman of Heilongjiang People's Congress
In office January 2003 – April 2003
Preceded by	Wang Jiangong [zh]
Succeeded by	Song Fatang
Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang
In office July 1997 – April 2003
Preceded by	Yue Qifeng
Succeeded by	Song Fatang
Minister of Forestry
In office March 1993 – July 1997
Preceded by	Gao Dezhan
Succeeded by	Chen Yaobang
Personal details
Born	December 1939 (age 84) Guangde County, Anhui, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Anhui Agricultural University

Biography

Xu was born in Guangde County (now Guangde), Anhui, in December 1939. In 1959, he entered Anhui Agricultural University, majoring in the Department of Forestry.

After graduating in 1963, he was assigned as an official to Bajiazi Forestry Bureau in northeast China's Jilin province, and worked there for ten years totally. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1973. In October 1973, he was despatched to Jilin Provincial Forestry Department, where he eventually became its deputy head in April 1983.

In January 1985, he was transferred to Beijing and appointed director of Forestry Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Forestry. He moved up the ranks to become vice minister in March 1986 and minister in March 1993.

He was appointed party secretary of Heilongjiang in July 1997, concurrently serving as chairman of Heilongjiang People's Congress since January 2003.^[2][3]

He was chosen as deputy head of the Central Rural Work Leading Group in April 2003, and served until July 2007.

References

1. 中共第十六届中央委员、中纪委名单 [List of members of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Central Commission for Discipline Inspection]. chinaaffairs.org (in Chinese). 14 November 2002. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
2. 人事任免：徐有芳当选为中共黑龙江省委书记. Sohu (in Chinese). 29 April 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
3. 徐有芳任黑龙江省人大常委会主任 宋法棠任省长. Sohu (in Chinese). 15 January 2003. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

Government offices
Preceded by Gao Dezhan	Minister of Forestry 1993–1997	Succeeded by Chen Yaobang
Party political offices
Preceded by Yue Qifeng	Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang 1997–2003	Succeeded by Song Fatang
Assembly seats
Preceded by Wang Jiangong [zh]	Chairman of Heilongjiang People's Congress 2003	Succeeded by Song Fatang