Wu Weiran

Wu Weiran (24 November 1920 – 8 August 2016) was a Chinese medical scientist and politician.

Wu was an alternate member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 12th and 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a representative of the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography
Wu was born in Changshu, Jiangsu, on 24 November 1920. He had a brother named Wu Jieping. From 1938 to 1946, he successively studied at Yenching University, Peking Union Medical College, and West China Union University, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctor of Medicine degree.

After University in 1946, he worked at Beijing Zhonghe Hospital (now Peking University People's Hospital) and two years later moved to Beijing Capital Hospital (now Beijing Union Medical College Hospital). He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1956. From 1950 to 1951, he joined the Beijing Volunteer Surgery Team during the Korean War. In October 1973, he was transferred to Beijing Hospital and appointed vice president. He became honorary president in 1984.

On 8 August 2016, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 95.

Honours and awards

 * 1996 Medal of Norman Bethune