Wu Xijun

Wu Xijun (; August 1933 – October 27, 2021) was a Chinese chemical engineer and politician who served as vice governor of Jiangsu from 1987 to 1993. She was also a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of Jiangsu and later vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress. Wu was additionally known for her work in science administration and higher education, serving as a professor, doctoral supervisor, and senior engineer.

Biography

Wu was born in August 1933 in Jiangyin, Jiangsu. In 1951, she entered the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and later studied at the East China Institute of Chemical Technology. After graduating in 1955, she began her professional career as a trainee engineer at Factory 102 in Jilin Province.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Wu worked in several chemical research and industrial institutions, including the central laboratory of Yongli Nanjing Chemical Plant, the East China Chemical Engineering Design Institute, and the research institute of the Nanjing Chemical Industries Corporation. She gradually advanced from technician to engineer and later senior engineer. In 1976, she became an engineer and subsequently senior engineer at the computer station of the Nanjing Chemical Industries Corporation Research Institute.

Beginning in 1980, Wu also served as a part-time associate professor and professor at the East China Institute of Chemical Technology and the Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology. In 1983, she was appointed president of the research institute of the Nanjing Chemical Industries Corporation. Later that year, she became director and party secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Commission.

In December 1984, Wu was appointed a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of Jiangsu while continuing to lead the provincial science and technology commission. In August 1987, she became vice governor of Jiangsu. In April 1993, she was appointed vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

Wu joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1979. She was a delegate to the 6th and 7th National People's Congress. She also served as president of the Jiangsu branch of the Red Cross Society of China. Wu retired in August 2004, and died in Nanjing on October 27, 2021, at the age of 88.