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Xin Chunying

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Xin Chunyin
信春鹰
Member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Personal details
Born (1956-10-13) 13 October 1956 (age 68)
Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materJilin University
Chinese Academy of Social Science

Xin Chunyin (Chinese: 信春鹰; pinyin: Xìn Chūnyīng; born 13 October 1956)[1] is a Chinese legal scholar and politician who serves as a committee member on in the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. She is also the vice-chairperson of Legislative Affairs Commission of China's National People's Congress.[2][3][4]

Career

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Xin was born in 1956 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. After graduating with a degree in law from Jilin University in 1978 she continued her studies, obtaining a Master's in Law in 1981 from the Chinese Academy of Social Science. Three years later she traveled to the United States as a visiting scholar of UC Berkeley School of Law where she discovered how Chinese politics was being perceived. Finishing her studies overseas in 1986 she returned to China and worked as a scholar at a number of national-level law institutions.[3]

Political career

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In March 2003 Xin was elected as a member of the National People's Congress Law Committee, a special committee whose job is to process national legislation and legislative plans of the nation. In that same year she also became a member of the 10th NPC Standing Committee and the vice-chairman of the 10th Legislative Affairs Committee.[3]

Since 2008, Xin has withdrawn from many of her committee roles and is now Deputy Secretary-General of NPC Standing Committee.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Xin Chunying". Institute of Legal Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
  2. ^ a b "Xin Chunying 信春鹰". China Vitae. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Cheng, Eileen. "Former Scholar Appointed Deputy Secretary-General of NPC Standing Committee". All-China Women's Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b "List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee". China Daily. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.