Pang Xianzhi

Pang Xianzhi (born October 1929) is a Chinese historian and politician who served as director of the Party Documents Research Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 1991 to 2002.

Pang was a representative of the 13th, 14th, and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th and 9th National People's Congress.

Biography
Pang was born in Jiao County (now Qingdao), Shandong, in October 1929. He attended Lixian High School (now Qingdao No. 9 High School). He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1950. He graduated from the North China People's Revolutionary University at the same year.

After graduation in 1950, Pang was assigned to the Political Secretary Office of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (later renamed as the Secretariat of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party), responsible for managing Mao Zedong's books, newspapers, etc. Pang became deputy director of the Party Documents Research Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 1982, rising to director in June 1991.