Former vice-premier and ex-Politburo member Liu Yandong died of illness in Beijing on Oct 28.
Xinhua reported shortly after 18:00 on 28 October that Liu Yandong, a member of the Communist Party’s 17th and 18th Politburos, a former vice-chair of the 10th CPPCC National Committee, former state councillor and former vice-premier, died of illness in Beijing at 14:53 that day. Xinhua gave her age as 81; the South China Morning Post put it at 80. The official notice described her as an “outstanding leader” of the party’s united front work and of China’s education, science and technology, healthcare and women and children’s affairs. The SCMP noted she served as vice-premier from 2013 to 2018, the fourth woman to hold the post, and was one of China’s most prominent female leaders in recent decades.
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