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He Jingzhi

He Jingzhi
贺敬之
Standing Committee Member of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
March 1993 – March 1998
Chairman Li Ruihuan
Standing Committee Member of the 7th National People's Congress
In office
1988–1993
Premier Li Peng
Member of the 12th and 13th CPC Central Committee
In office
September 1982 – 1987
General_secretary Hu Yaobang
Minister of Culture of the People'e Republic of China
In office
1992–1992
Premier Li Peng
Preceded by Wang Meng
Succeeded by Liu Zhongde
Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China
In office
1980–1987
Personal details
Born November 1924 (age 92)
Yi County, Shandong Province, China
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China
Spouse(s) Ke Yan (m. 1953–2011)
Residence Beijing
Alma mater Department of Literature of Luxun Art Academy of Yan'an
Occupation Politician, poet
Profession Chinese Literature
He Jingzhi
Traditional Chinese 賀敬之
Simplified Chinese 贺敬之

He Jingzhi (born November 1924), also known by his pen names Aimo (艾漠) and Jingzhi (荆直), is a politician and poet of People's Republic of China. He was a standing committee member of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a standing committee member of the 7th National People's Congress, and a member of the 12th and 13th CPC Central Committee. He served as Minister of Culture of the People'e Republic of China and deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China.

He was born in Yi County, Shandong Province, Republic of China in 1924. He went to Yan'an in 1940, he graduated from Department of Literature of Luxun Art Academy of Yan'an in 1942, where he majored in Chinese Literature. He joined the Communist Party of China at the age of 17. He continued writing from the 1940s, such as Collection of Fangge (放歌集), Selected of He Jingzhi Poetry (贺敬之诗选), Return to Yan'an (回延安), Song of Leifeng (雷锋之歌) and China's October (中国的十月). He wrote The White Haired Girl (白毛女) with Ding Yi in 1945.

He married Ke Yan (Chinese: 柯岩; pinyin: Kē Yán; 1924-2011) in October 1953, who was also a poet.


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