He Zhenliang

Who is He Zhenliang?

He Zhenliang is a Chinese politician, currently the honorary president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Culture and Olympic Education Commission and an executive of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

He graduated from the Aurore University in Shanghai. In 1964, he became the deputy secretary general of the Chinese Gymnastics Association, later served as the secretary general of the Chinese Table Tennis Association and the head of the secretariat of the All-China Sports Federation. In 1979, he was promoted to the deputy secretary general of the All-China Sports Federation and the Chinese Olympic Committee. He served as the secretary general of COC between 1982 and 1986, vice president between 1986 and 1989, and the president of COC between 1989 and 1994.

He was elected to the International Olympic Committee in 1981. In 1985, he was elected to the executive board of IOC, and served three 5-year terms since then. He was elected the vice-president of the IOC in 1989.

He joined the Communist Party of China in 1954. In 1988, he was elected to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1993, he was elected to the standing committee of CPPCC and the vice commissioner of Physical Education and Sport of CPPCC.