Fan Changjiang

Fan Changjiang (1909-October 23, 1970), formerly known as Xitian, male, native of Neijiang, Sichuan, was a Chinese journalist and editor. During the Republic of China, he was a correspondent for "Ta Kung Pao" and later switched to the Communist camp. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the president of "Liberation Daily", deputy director of the General Information Administration, president of "People's Daily", deputy director of the National Science and Technology Commission, vice chairman and party secretary of the National Association for Science and Technology. He was imprisoned and persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. In 1970, his body was found in a dry well in Queshan, Henan, where he was sent to a labor camp. It was suspected that he had committed suicide. He was rehabilitated on December 27, 1978.