Chen Juewan

Chen Juewan
Chen Juewan
陈觉万
President of Huaqiao University
	In office; August 1988 – August 1993
Preceded by	Ye Fei
Succeeded by	Zhuang Shanyu
Personal details
Born	5 April 1932; Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies
Died	7 October 2022 (aged 90); Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Jilin University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	陈觉万
Traditional Chinese	陳覺萬
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Juéwàn

Chen Juewan (Chinese: 陈觉万; 5 April 1932 – 7 October 2022) was a Chinese educator and politician who served as president of Huaqiao University from 1988 to 1993. He was a delegate to the 7th National People's Congress and a member of the 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Chen was born in Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), on 5 April 1932, to Chen Mingjin (陈明津), a Chinese educator who mainly worked in Surabaya, and Lin Shuyun (林淑芸), a Chinese teacher.^[3] His ancestral home is in Anxi County, Fujian. He returned to China in 1948 and attended Anxi County High School, and soon was admitted to Haijiang College two years later.^[3] In 1950, he entered Jilin University, and worked there after graduation, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1979 and to full professor in 1985.^[3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1982.^[3] He was named a vice-president of Huaqiao University in October 1985.^[3] He moved up the ranks to become executive vice president in September 1986 and president in August 1988.^[3] He became president of Liming Vocational University [zh] in March 1994, and served until October 1995.^[3] He retired in January 1998.^[3]

On 7 October 2022, he died from an illness in Quanzhou, Fujian, at the age of 90.^[3]

References

^ He Husheng (何虎生); Li Yaodong (李耀东); Xiang Changfu (向常福), eds. (2003). 中华人民共和国职官志 [Official Records of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Society Press. ISBN 9787800883934.
^ 历届全国政协委员人名辞典 [Dictionary of Names of Members of the National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference] (in Chinese). Beijing: China International Broadcasting Press. 1996. p. 286. ISBN 9787507813746.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 华侨大学原校长陈觉万逝世，曾在战火纷飞的年代毅然回国. sina (in Chinese). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

Educational offices
Preceded by Ye Fei	President of Huaqiao University 1988–1993	Succeeded by Zhuang Shanyu

[1] He Husheng (何虎生); Li Yaodong (李耀东); Xiang Changfu (向常福), eds. (2003). 中华人民共和国职官志 [Official Records of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Society Press. ISBN 9787800883934.

[2] 历届全国政协委员人名辞典 [Dictionary of Names of Members of the National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference] (in Chinese). Beijing: China International Broadcasting Press. 1996. p. 286. ISBN 9787507813746.

[zhang-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 华侨大学原校长陈觉万逝世，曾在战火纷飞的年代毅然回国. sina (in Chinese). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

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