Wu Weiran


Wu Weiran was a Chinese medical scientist and politician.
Wu was an alternate member of the 12th [Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]. He was a member of the 12th and 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a representative of the 14th [National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Chinese [People's Political Consultative Conference].

Biography

Wu was born in Changshu, Jiangsu, on 24 November 1920. His Wu Jieping was also a politician and physician. From 1938 to 1946, he successively studied at Yenching University, Peking [Union Medical College], and West China Union University, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctor of Medicine degree.
After University in 1946, he worked at Beijing Zhonghe Hospital and two years later moved to Beijing Capital Hospital. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1956. From 1950 to 1951, he joined the Beijing Volunteer Surgery Team during the Korean War. In October 1973, he was transferred to Beijing Hospital and appointed vice president. He became honorary president in 1984.
On 8 August 2016, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 95.

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