Lei Jieqiong | |||||||||
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| 雷洁琼 | |||||||||
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| Chairperson of the China Association for Promoting Democracy | |||||||||
| In office 1987–1997 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Ye Shengtao | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Xu Jialu | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1905 Guangzhou, Guangdong, Qing Empire | ||||||||
| Died | 9 January 2011 (aged 105) Beijing, China | ||||||||
| Political party | China Association for Promoting Democracy | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Yan Jingyao
(m. 1941; died 1976) | ||||||||
| Parent(s) | Lei Zichang, Li Peizhi | ||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Southern California | ||||||||
| Profession | Sociologist | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 雷潔瓊 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 雷洁琼 | ||||||||
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Lei Jieqiong (Chinese: 雷洁琼; Wade–Giles: Lei Chieh-ch'iung; 12 September 1905 – 9 January 2011), also known as Kit King Lei,[1] was a Chinese sociologist, activist, and politician. Educated in the United States, she taught at Yenching University, China University of Political Science and Law, and Peking University in Beijing and Soochow University, St. John's University, University of Shanghai, and Aurora University in Shanghai. She was a cofounder of Zhongzheng University in Jiangxi during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
She co-founded the China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD), one of the eight legally recognized non-Communist parties in China. After performing manual labour during the Cultural Revolution, she served as Vice-Mayor of Beijing (1977–1983), Vice-President of the All-China Women's Federation, Vice-Chair of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1986–1988), Vice-Chair of the National People's Congress (1988–1998), and Chair of the CAPD (1987–1997).
- ^ Liu, Haiming (2005). The Transnational History of a Chinese Family: Immigrant Letters, Family Business, and Reverse Migration. Rutgers University Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-8135-3597-5.
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