Liu Feng (politician)

Liu Feng (; born February 1937) is a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1993 to 2003 and previously as chairman of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1988 to 1989. He also served as deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of Zhejiang Province. Since leaving active politics, he has served as honorary president of the China International Tea Culture Institute and president of the magazine Culture Exchange.

Biography

Liu was born in Longyao County, Hebei, in February 1937. He studied journalism at the Department of Chinese Language of Peking University before completing his degree in journalism at the Department of Journalism of Renmin University of China. He joined the Chinese Communist Party and began his professional career in August 1961.

Following graduation, Liu worked in Qinghai for nearly two decades. He served as an editor and reporter at Qinghai People's Radio Station before holding a series of positions in the General Office of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the provincial publicity department. During the Cultural Revolution, he also participated in cadre labor assignments at a May Seventh Cadre School.

Beginning in 1978, Liu rose through the provincial leadership in Qinghai. He became deputy director of the General Office of the Qinghai Provincial Committee while concurrently serving as deputy director of its Policy Research Office, later serving as assistant to the provincial party secretary. In February 1983, he was appointed deputy secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Committee and concurrently served as party secretary and mayor of Xining. In August 1985, he became executive deputy secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Committee. In January 1988, he was elected chairman of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

In October 1989, Liu was transferred to Zhejiang, where he became deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of Zhejiang Province, concurrently serving as secretary-general of the provincial party committee and director of the Provincial National Defense Education Commission. In January 1993, he was elected chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the CPPCC and was re-elected in January 1998. He remained in that position until January 2003.

From March 2003 to March 2008, Liu served as deputy director of the Committee for Culture, Historical Data and Learning of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee. Between September 2000 and April 2009, he was president of the China International Tea Culture Institute. He is currently honorary president of the institute and president of the magazine Culture Exchange.

Liu was a delegate to the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was also a member of the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.