Ji Pengfei

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ji.

Ji Pengfei
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	(1910-02-02)February 2, 1910 Linyi County, Shanxi, Qing Empire
Died	February 10, 2000(2000-02-10) (aged 90) Beijing, People's Republic of China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Xu Hanbing (1919-2015)
Children	Ji Shengde

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.

Biography

Ji 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.

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.

External links

• http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-713327/Ji-Pengfei
• http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/ziliao/wjrw/3606/t44149.htm