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Wei Xiaochun

b. 1959

Chinese official

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Born 1959. Wei Xiaochun is a Chinese politician.

Wei Xiaochun (; born December 1959) is a Chinese orthopedic surgeon and politician. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress and a member of the China Association for Promoting Democracy. He previously served as president of the Shanxi Socialist Institute.

Biography Wei was born in December 1959 in Quwo County, Shanxi. He began working in July 1976 as a sent-down youth in rural Shanxi. In 1978, he entered Nanjing Railway Medical College (now part of Nanjing Medical University), where he studied clinical medicine and graduated in 1982. He subsequently worked as a surgeon at the affiliated hospital of the same institution.

In 1985, Wei pursued graduate studies in orthopedics at Shanxi Medical University, earning a master's degree in 1988. He then worked as an orthopedic physician at the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University. From 1994 to 1998, he studied abroad, undertaking doctoral research in sports medicine at Linköping University in Sweden, followed by postdoctoral research in rheumatology at the University of Zurich.

After returning to China, Wei resumed his career at the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, where he held various positions including associate chief physician, deputy director, and later vice president and director of orthopedics. He was appointed vice president of the Shanxi Association for Science and Technology in 2004.

Wei entered politics through the China Association for Promoting Democracy, becoming chairman of its Shanxi provincial committee in 2007 and later a vice chairman of the central committee.

From 2018 to 2024, Wei served as president of the Shanxi Socialist Institute. In 2023, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress.

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Born
1959
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Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, National People's Congress deputy

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Who is Wei Xiaochun?

Chinese official

When was Wei Xiaochun born?

Wei Xiaochun was born in 1959.

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Wei Xiaochun is a politician.

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Wei Xiaochun is Chinese.

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· Wikipedia: Wei Xiaochun

· Wikidata: Q10910255

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