Chen Yuying

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Yuying (Chinese: 陈玉英; born October 1933) is a Chinese engineer and politician. She was a member of the 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Chen Yuying
陈玉英
Chairwoman of Changzhou Municipal People's Congress
In office 1984 – January 1998
Preceded by	Cheng Weigao
Succeeded by	Yu Zhenxin
Communist Party Secretary of Changzhou
In office February 1984 – March 1994
Preceded by	Cheng Weigao
Succeeded by	Yu Zhenxin
Deputy	Cao Jincheng Yang Xiaotang [zh] Meng Jinyuan
Personal details
Born	October 1933 (age 91) Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Donghua University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	陈玉英
Traditional Chinese	陳玉英
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Yùyīng

Biography

Chen was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu, in October 1933. Sjoined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1952. In 1962, she enrolled at East China Institute of Textile Science and Technology (now Donghua University), majoring in cotton spinning, where she graduated in 1962.

Beginning in 1946, she served in several posts at Dacheng No. 1 Textile Factory, including worker, party branch secretary, and workshop director. In 1975, she was promoted to become factory manager of Changzhou No. 3 National Cotton Factory, a position she held until 1981.

Chen got involved in politics in 1981, when she was appointed deputy director of Changzhou Textile Industry Bureau and vice president of Jiangsu Provincial Trade Unions Federation. In 1983, she became deputy party secretary of Changzhou, rising to party secretary the next year. She also served as chairwoman of Changzhou Municipal People's Congress from 1984 to January 1998.