Kang Yonghe
Kang Yonghe | |
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康永和 | |
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| Director of the State Bureau of Labor | |
| In office 1975 – 1980s | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 21, 1915 Jiaocheng, Shanxi, China |
| Died | December 17, 2013 Beijing, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Kang Yonghe (Chinese: 康永和; November 21, 1915 – December 17, 2013), also known as Kang Youde (Chinese: 康有德) and Zhang Jinzhen (Chinese: 张进真), was a Chinese politician and trade union leader. He served as director of the State Bureau of Labor, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), and secretary of the Secretariat of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).[1][2]
Biography
Kang was born in Jiaocheng, Shanxi, in November 1915. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1936 while working at the Taiyuan Woolen Mill. In the late 1930s, he was active in the workers' movement in Taiyuan, serving as head of the organization department of the Taiyuan Municipal Committee, chairman of the Shanxi Federation of Trade Unions, and party secretary of the Workers' Guard Brigade.[3]
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Kang held positions including director of the political department of the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University (Branch Seven) and secretary of the Taiyuan Municipal Committee. He also worked in the central party school and served as head of urban work departments in Jinsui and Jinzhong.[4]
After 1949, he became a senior trade union leader. He served as chairman of the Shanxi Federation of Trade Unions, secretary of the North China Bureau's labor committee, director of the North China Labor Bureau, chairman of the First Machinery Workers' Union, and later as a member of the Secretariat and vice chairman of the ACFTU. He also held international posts as a member and secretary of the WFTU Secretariat in Prague.[5]
Following the Cultural Revolution, Kang was appointed director of the State Bureau of Labor and concurrently served as first deputy head of the State Council's leadership group on educated youth. He later became deputy director of the State Planning Commission, and subsequently advisor to the Ministry of Labor and Personnel. He was also president of the China Labor Society and the China Labor Movement Research Association.[6]
Kang was a delegate to the CCP's 7th and 12th National Congresses, a member of the 1st Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a standing committee member of the 6th and 7th CPPCC, and a deputy to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th National People's Congresses.[7] He retired in 1996 and died in Beijing on December 17, 2013, at the age of 98.[8][9]
References
- ↑ 現代中国政界要人传略大全 (in 中文). 中国广播电視出版社. 1993. p. 823. ISBN 978-7-5043-2530-3. Retrieved 2025-09-25. Search this book on
- ↑ Lee, Lai To (1986). Trade Unions in China, 1949 to the Present: The Organization and Leadership of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. NUS Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-9971-69-093-9. Retrieved 2025-09-25. Search this book on
- ↑ 中国人民政协辞典 (in 中文). 中共中央党校出版社. 1990. p. 965. ISBN 978-7-5035-0191-3. Retrieved 2025-09-25. Search this book on
- ↑ 国家行政学院 (2000). 中华人民共和国政府机构五十年, 1949-1999 (in 中文). 党建读物出版社. p. 298. ISBN 978-7-80098-406-8. Retrieved 2025-09-25. Search this book on
- ↑ 中国人名大詞典: 現任黨政軍領導人物卷. Foreign Languages Press. 1989. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-8351-2352-5. Retrieved 2025-09-25. Search this book on
- ↑ 中国共产党名人录 (in 中文). Sichuan People's Press. 1997. p. 1522. ISBN 978-7-220-02762-8. Retrieved 2025-09-25. Search this book on
- ↑ 政协全国委员会常委会名录 (in 中文). Chinese People's Liberation Army Press. 1995. p. 994. ISBN 978-7-5065-2717-0. Retrieved 2025-09-25. Search this book on
- ↑ "康永和同志逝世". People's Daily Online (in 中文). 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ↑ "原国家劳动总局局长康永和同志逝世 享年98岁". China News Service (in 中文). 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
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- CS1 中文-language sources (zh)
- 1915 births
- 2013 deaths
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanxi
- All-China Federation of Trade Unions
- Delegates to the 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
- Delegates to the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the 1st Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the Standing Committee of the 6th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the Standing Committee of the 7th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Delegates to the 3rd National People's Congress
- Delegates to the 2nd National People's Congress
- Delegates to the 5th National People's Congress
- Delegates to the 1st National People's Congress
- Counter-Japanese Military and Political University alumni
