Liu Yandong, former Chinese vice premier and rare woman in the party elite, dies at 80
Liu Yandong, a former vice premier of China, has died at the age of 80. She was one of only six women to have served on the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo.
Liu Yandong, a former vice premier of China, has died at the age of 80, The New York Times reported.
Liu was one of just six women to have served on the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, the ruling party's elite decision-making body. That made her a rare presence in a political elite that has been overwhelmingly male.
However, she was excluded from the top ranks of power, according to the report. The source text available here gives no further details about the circumstances of her death or the specific stages of her career.
The vice premier is among the senior positions in China's government, below the premier. Further information on her biography and the posts she held is not set out in the source.
