Ji Pengfei (simplified Chinese: 姬鹏飞; traditional Chinese: 姬鵬飛; pinyin: Jī Péngfēi; February 2, 1910 – February 10, 2000) was a Chinese politician.
Ji Pengfei | |
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姬鹏飞 | |
 Ji in 1940 | |
| Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office | |
| In office 1983–1990 | |
| Premier | Zhao Ziyang Li Peng |
| Preceded by | Liao Chengzhi |
| Succeeded by | Lu Ping |
| Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office February 1980 – May 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Zhou Rongxin |
| Succeeded by | Jin Ming |
| Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China | |
| In office 13 September 1982 – 4 May 1982 | |
| Premier | Zhao Ziyang |
| 4th Secretary-General of the State Council | |
| In office 1979–1981 | |
| Premier | Hua Guofeng Zhao Ziyang |
| Preceded by | Jin Ming |
| Succeeded by | Du Xinyuan |
| 3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 6 January 1972 – 18 November 1973 | |
| Premier | Zhou Enlai |
| Preceded by | Chen Yi |
| Succeeded by | Qiao Guanhua |
| Chinese Ambassador to East Germany | |
| In office September 1950 – January 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Liao Chengzhi |
| Succeeded by | Lu Ping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 2, 1910 Linyi County, Shanxi, Qing Empire |
| Died | February 10, 2000 (aged 90) Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Spouse | Xu Hanbing (1919-2015) |
| Children | Ji Shengde |
Biography
editJi Pengfei was born in Linyi, Yuncheng, Shanxi in 1910. He joined the Chinese Red Army in 1931, and the Chinese Communist Party in 1933.
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Ji Pengfei worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and led diplomatic missions to East Germany before being appointed as China's first ambassador to the GDR in 1953, being the youngest Chinese ambassador at 43. He was recalled to serve as vice-minister of Foreign Affairs in 1955.
When the Cultural Revolution broke out, he was initially targeted as member of the counter-revolutionary clique ruling the Foreign Ministry, along with Chen Yi and Qiao Guanhua. Nevertheless, he was relatively untouched as he remained at his post. After Chen Yi died in 1972, Ji Pengfei succeeded him as Foreign Minister until 1974, and was elected CCP Central Committee member. He was appointed secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in 1975, and confirmed in 1978. In 1972, he signed Japan-China Joint Communiqué with Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira of Japan.
In the post-Cultural Revolution period, Ji Pengfei held several posts. In 1979 he was appointed head of the International Liaison Department of the CCP Central Committee, then vice premier and secretary-general of the State Council from 1980 to 1982, and finally head of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. He also served as Standing Committee member of the Central Advisory Commission, a Party body aimed at helping the retirement of elder officials.
In 1999, his son, Ji Shengde, a senior member of the People's Liberation Army intelligence, was arrested and tried for corruption, selling classified information and diverting public funds, and was sentenced to death penalty. The penalty was commuted to 20 years in prison, when he returned stolen money and denounce other abuses.[citation needed]
Ji Pengfei was praised by the Xinhua News Agency as an outstanding communist fighter, and greatly lauded again in 2010 at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People to celebrate his 100th birth anniversary.
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