Ren Yanshen


Ren Yanshen is a retired Chinese politician and professor. He served as Deputy Party Secretary of Jiangsu Province and Vice Chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Ren was born in December 1945 in Longyao County, Hebei Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1973 and began working in March 1970. From September 1964 to March 1970, Ren studied automotive and tractor engineering at Tsinghua University. After graduation, he briefly worked as a power plant worker at Tsinghua University before joining the university's Party Committee Political Department as a staff member.
He later became temporary head of the university's newspaper, and subsequently worked as a cadre in the Party Office. Between 1980 and 1985, he served as a member of the Party Committee, deputy director of the Student Department, and deputy secretary and secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee at Tsinghua University.
In September 1985, Ren was appointed deputy head of the Education Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and deputy secretary of the Municipal Education Working Committee. In January 1991, he became deputy Party secretary and vice president of Peking University, while continuing as deputy secretary of the Beijing Municipal Education Working Committee. He was promoted to full professor in 1992.
From July 1994 to December 2000, Ren served as Party secretary of Peking University. In March 2000, he was transferred to Jiangsu Province, where he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee and head of the Publicity Department, later becoming deputy Party secretary of Jiangsu. From January 2006 to January 2008, Ren served as vice chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial CPPCC Committee.
Ren was a delegate to the 15th and 16th National Congresses of the Chinese Communist Party, a deputy to the 10th National People's Congress, and a member of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.