Sun Jiazheng
Office 1Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Term start 15 March 2008
Term end 15 March 2013
1blankname 1Chairman
1namedata 1Jia Qinglin
Office 2Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles
Term start 22006
Term end 22016
Predecessor 2Zhou Weizhi
Successor 2Tie Ning
Office 3Minister of Culture
Term start 3March 1998
Term end 3March 2008
Predecessor 3Liu Zhongde
Successor 3Cai Wu
Premier 3Zhu Rongji → Wen Jiabao
Office 4Director of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television
Term start 41994
Term end 41998
Predecessor 4Ai Zhisheng
Successor 4Tian Congming
Premier 4Zhu Rongji
Office 5Secretary of Xuzhou Committee of Chinese Communist Party
Term start 51984
Term end 51985
Predecessor 5Wang Qihua
Successor 5Zheng Liangyu
Native name孙家正
Birth dateMarch 1944 (age 82–83)
Birth placeSiyang, Jiangsu, China
PartyChinese Communist Party
Alma materNanjing University

Sun Jiazheng (; born March 1944) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Minister of Radio, Film and Television between 1994 and 1998, before serving as Minister of Culture from March 1998 to March 2008.[1][2][3] He was the chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles from 2006 to 2016.

Biography

Sun was born in Siyang, Jiangsu Province, during the Republic of China in March 1944. Sun joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1966. He graduated from Nanjing University in 1968, where he majored in Chinese. After graduation, Sun labor at May Seventh Cadre School in Liuhe County, Jiangsu Province.

Sun entered politics in 1971 during the Cultural Revolution. After the reform and opening up, Sun served as secretary of Nanjing Committee of Chinese Communist Party, then served as secretary of Xuzhou Committee of Chinese Communist Party from 1984 to 1985. In December 1989, Sun served as deputy secretary of Jiangsu Committee of Chinese Communist Party. In April 1994, Sun was transferred to Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, where he was the minister for 4 years from 1994 to 1998.

In March 1998, Sun was appointed Minister of Culture. In November 2006, Sun was elected the Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In March 2008, Sun was elected 11th vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

References

  1. ^ "zh:中国文联九届六次全委会在北京召开(图)" (in Chinese). chinanew.com. 2014-01-12.
  2. ^ "zh:孙家正:珍惜中华民族的戏曲文化" (in Chinese). people.com. 2013-06-18.
  3. ^ "zh:孙家正:文化、文化素养及文化情怀" (in Chinese). scio.gov.cn. 2013-03-02.