Cao Zhi | |
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曹志 | |
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
In office 16 March 1998 – 15 March 2003 | |
Chairman | Li Peng |
Personal details | |
Born | May 1928 Anqiu, Shandong, China |
Died | 1 July 2020 Beijing, China | (aged 92)
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Cao Zhi (Chinese: 曹志; pinyin: Cáo Zhì; May 1928 – 1 July 2020) was a Chinese politician.
Cao was born in Anqiu, Shandong. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1947. Since then, Cao had served as the Director of Research Office of Organization Department of CCP Central Committee (1978–83), the Deputy Head of Organization Department of CCP Central Committee (1983–87), and the Deputy Director of Research Office of Secretariat of CCP Central Committee (1987–88). In 1988, he was elected the Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the 7th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee. In 1993, he was elected the Secretary General of the 8th NPC Standing Committee. Later, he served as one of the Vice Chairmen of the 9th National People's Congress (1998–2003).[1][2][3]
He died on 1 July 2020 in Beijing, aged 92.[4][5][3] On 3 July, he was buried at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.[6]