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
Party Secretary of Heilongjiang
In office July 1997 – April 2003
Preceded by	Yue Qifeng
Succeeded by	Song Fatang
Chairman of Heilongjiang People's Congress
In office January 2003 – April 2003
Preceded by	Wang Jiangong [zh]
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 85) 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 dispatched to Jilin Provincial Forestry Department, where he eventually became its deputy head in April 1983.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}