- published: 07 Mar 2013
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Sun Chunlan (simplified Chinese: 孙春兰; traditional Chinese: 孫春蘭; pinyin: Sūn Chūnlán; born May 1950) is a Chinese politician. She currently serves as the CCP Secretary of Fujian, first-in-charge of the coastal province. She is the only female provincial party chief in China, and the second in PRC history.
Sun was born in May 1950 in Raoyang County, Hebei. After graduating with a degree in mechanics from Anshan Industrial Technology Academy in Liaoning, Sun worked at Anshan Clock Factory. There she rose from the shop floor to membership of the factory's CPC branch, which she joined in May 1973. She served as the party chief in Dalian from 2001 to 2005, before being transferred to work in Beijing. She has been an alternate member of the 15th and 16th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, and a full member of the 17th Central Committee. Ms Sun was named ACFTU Vice-Chair at the Third Session of the 14th ACFTU Executive Committee and First Secretary of the ACFTU Secretariat at the Eighth Session of the 14th ACFTU Presidium In December 2005.