He Dongchang
He Dongchang was a Chinese politician who served as minister of education from 1982 to 1985.
He was a member of the 12th [Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|12th] and 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 3rd and 5th National People's Congress. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th Chinese [People's Political Consultative Conference].
Early life and education
He was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang, in April 1923. In 1941, he enrolled at National Southwestern Associated University, where he majored in the Department of Aeronautics.Career
After graduation in 1947, he taught at Peiyang University. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in August of the same year. A year later, he moved to Tsinghua University, where he presided over the establishment of the Department of Engineering Physics and also served as the department head. In the winter of 1973, he was labeled as "a representative figure of the bourgeois restoration forces" by Chi Qun, and later reinstated in 1977. After the Cultural Revolution, he continued to work at Tsinghua University, where he was promoted to Chinese [Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary|deputy party secretary] in May 1977 and to vice president in 1978.In April 1982, he was appointed minister of education, in addition to serving as president of the Open University Of China since September 1984.