Peng Peiyun

Peng Peiyun
彭珮云
Chairperson of the Red Cross Society of China
In office 1999–2009
Preceded by	Qian Zhengying
Succeeded by	Hua Jianmin
President of the All-China Women's Federation
In office 1998–2003
Preceded by	Chen Muhua
Succeeded by	Gu Xiulian
Chairperson of National Family Planning Commission
In office January 1988 – March 1998
Preceded by	Wang Wei
Succeeded by	Zhang Weiqing
Personal details
Born	(1929-12-25)25 December 1929 Liuyang, Hunan, China
Died	21 December 2025(2025-12-21) (aged 95) Beijing, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party (1946–2009)
Spouse	Wang Hanbin
Children	2 sons
Alma mater	Tsinghua University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	彭珮云
Traditional Chinese	彭珮雲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Péng Pèiyún

Peng Peiyun (Chinese: 彭珮云; 25 December 1929 – 21 December 2025) was a People's Republic of China politician who was head of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission from 1988 to 1998.[1]

Peng was born in Liuyang, Hunan, on 25 December 1929.[2] She was admitted to the National Southwestern Associated University at 15. She graduated from Qinghua University and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1946. She held several positions in the CCP branches in public education institutions. She was assigned to the deputy secretary of the CCP committee in Beijing University before she was denounced by Nie Yuanzi, demoted and sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution.[3][4]

She was rehabilitated near the end of the Cultural Revolution. She entered the Ministry of Education and became the vice minister before she was assigned the Minister of the National Family Planning Commission. In 1993 she became a member of the State Council. In 1998, she was elected the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the Chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation.[5] In 1999, she was elected the Chairperson of the Red Cross Society of China. She was reelected to the same position in 2004.

Peng was elected as a delegate to the 12th and 13th CCP National Congresses and to the 14th and 15th CCP Central Committees.

Peng married Wang Hanbin, a PRC politician who was also elected the vice chairperson of the standing committee of the National People's Congress and CCP Central Committee. The couple had four children. She died in Beijing on 21 December 2025 at the age of 95.[2][6] Immediately following her death, Peng was widely castigated on Chinese social media due to the long-term social effects of the one-child policy of which she was the co-creator.[7]

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