Wu Jichuan
{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Wu|lang=Chinese}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2024}}
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| office1 = {{ill|Ministry of Information Industry|zh|中华人民共和国信息产业部|lt=Minister of Information Industry}}
| term_start1 = March 1998
| term_end1 = March 2003
| premier1 = Zhu Rongji
| predecessor1 = New title
| successor1 = Wang Xudong
| office2 = {{ill|Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (China)|zh|中华人民共和国邮电部|lt=Minister of Posts and Telecommunications}}
| premier2 = Li Peng
| term_start2 = March 1993
| term_end2 = March 1998
| predecessor2 = {{ill|Lu Si|zh|鲁思 (1912年)}}
| successor2 = Position revoked
| name = Wu Jichuan
| native_name = 吴基传
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1937|10}}
| birth_place = Changning County, Hunan, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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| alma_mater = Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Peking University
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Wu Jichuan ({{lang-zh|s=吴基传}}; born October 1937) is a Chinese politician who served as minister of posts and telecommunications from 1993 to 1998 and minister of information industry from 1998 to 2003.
He was a delegate to the 8th, 9th, and 10th National People's Congress. He was an alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite book |language=zh |editor1=Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee |editor2=Party History Research Center of the CCP Central Committee |script-title=zh:中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典 1921–2003 |trans-title=The Dictionary of Successive Central Committee Members of the Chinese Communist Party 1921–2003 |year=2004 |publisher=CCP History Press |location=Beijing |page=828 |isbn=7-80136-946-7}}
Biography
Wu was born in Changning County (now Changning), Hunan, in October 1937.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} In 1956, he entered Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, majoring in telegraphic communication. After graduation, he stayed and worked at the university.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1960. Since September 1965, he served in various posts in the {{ill|Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (China)|zh|中华人民共和国邮电部|lt=Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications}}. He moved up the ranks to become vice minister in October 1984 and minister in March 1993,{{cite book |language=zh |editor1=Chinese and Foreign Celebrity Research Center |script-title=zh:中国当代名人录 |trans-title=Contemporary Chinese Celebrities |year=1991 |publisher=Shanghai People's Publishing House |location=Shanghai |page=367 |isbn=7-208-01198-2}} interspersed with short terms as deputy party secretary of Henan from June 1990 to February 1993.{{cite book |language=zh |editor1= Editorial Department |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 |trans-title=Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998 |year=1999 |publisher=China Yearbook Society |location=Beijing |page=1198 |isbn=7-80056-903-9}} In March 1998, he became {{ill|Ministry of Information Industry|zh|中华人民共和国信息产业部|lt=minister of the newly founded information industry}}, a post he kept until March 2003.{{cite book |language=zh |editor1=National School of Administration |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国政府机构五十年 |trans-title=Fifty Years of Government Agencies of the People's Republic of China |year=2000 |publisher=Party Building Reading Press |location=Beijing |page=242 |isbn= 7-80098-406-0}}
In March 2003, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
Personal life
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He married Gong Shuangjin ({{lang-zh|s=龚双瑾|labels=no}}), a communication transmission expert who gave birth to two daughters.
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Category:People from Changning, Hunan
Category:Changjun High School alumni
Category:Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications alumni
Category:Peking University alumni
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan
Category:Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress
Category:Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress
Category:Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress
Category:Alternates of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party