Peng Peiyun
Peng Peiyun was a People's Republic of China politician who was head of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission from 1988 to 1998.
Early life and career
Peng was born in Liuyang, Hunan, on 25 December 1929. She was admitted to the National Southwestern Associated University at 15. She graduated from Qinghua University and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1946. She held several positions in the CCP branches in public education institutions. She was assigned to the deputy secretary of the CCP committee in Beijing University before she was denounced by Nie Yuanzi, demoted and sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution.She was rehabilitated near the end of the Cultural Revolution. She entered the Ministry of Education of the [People's Republic of China|Ministry of Education] and became the vice minister before she was assigned the Minister of the National Family Planning Commission. In 1993 she became a member of the State Council of the [People's Republic of China|State Council]. In 1998, she was elected the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of [the National People's Congress] and the Chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation. In 1999, she was elected the Chairperson of the Red Cross Society of China. She was reelected to the same position in 2004.
Peng was elected as a delegate to the 12th and 13th CCP National Congresses and to the 14th [Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|14th] and 15th CCP Central Committees.