Chen Minzhang

Chen Minzhang
Chen Minzhang
陈敏章
Minister of Health
	In office; April 1987 – March 1998
Premier	Zhao Ziyang; Li Peng
Preceded by	Cui Yueli [zh]
Succeeded by	Zhang Wenkang
Personal details
Born	December 1931; Shanghai, China
Died	16 March 1999 (aged 67); Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Aurora University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	陈敏章
Traditional Chinese	陳敏章
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Mǐnzhāng

Chen Minzhang (Chinese: 陈敏章; December 1931 – 16 March 1999) was a Chinese politician who served as minister of health from 1987 to 1998. He also served as president of the Chinese Medical Association [zh] from 1989 to 1994 and president of the Red Cross Society of China from 1990 to 1994.

Biography[edit]

Chen was born in Shanghai, in December 1931, while his ancestral home in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.^[3] He attended Xuhui High School. He became a Catholic near 1949. In 1949, he enrolled at the Medical School of Aurora University and entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine after the adjustment of universities and colleges in 1952.^[3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1954.^[3] He became an assistant after graduation. At the same time, he worked as a physician at St. Marie Hospital (now Ruijin Hospital).

In 1955, he was transferred to Beijing Xiehe Hospital (now Peking Union Medical College Hospital) and participated in the Socialist Education Movement in Shou County, Anhui in 1964. He became vice minister of health in 1984, rising to minister of health in April 1987.^[3] He also served as president of the Chinese Medical Association [zh] from 1989 to 1994 and president of the Red Cross Society of China from 1990 to 1994.

On 16 March 1999, he died from pancreatic cancer in Beijing, at the age of 67.^[3]

^ Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.
^ Long De (龙德); Cai Xiang (蔡翔), eds. (2000). 中华人民共和国通鉴 [General Annals of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Shenyang: Liaoning People's Publishing House. p. 1832. ISBN 7-205-04473-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "陈敏章同志逝世 (附图片)". people.com.cn (in Chinese). 26 March 1999. Retrieved 7 August 2022.

Government offices
Preceded by Cui Yueli [zh]	Minister of Health 1987–1998	Succeeded by Zhang Wenkang
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Wu Jieping	President of the Chinese Medical Association [zh] 1989–1999	Succeeded by Zhang Wenkang
Preceded by Cui Yueli [zh]	President of the Red Cross Society of China 1990–1994	Succeeded by Qian Zhengying