Ding Guangen

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ding.

Ding Guangen (Chinese: 丁关根; September 1929 - ) is a politician of the People's Republic of China and a former Minister of Railways of China.

Ding was elevated to Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1987, and was expected to succeed more prominent posts. However, he was forced to resign due to a series of dire railway accidents in 1988. He was demoted to the vice director of National Planning Commission. Later, Ding became the director of Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. He thus became the first politburo member, i.e., Party and nation's leader, who served as a vice Minister in the government after Cultural Revolution. Ding re-emerged in 1989 and took charge of the United Front Work Department of CPC. Since 1992, Ding had served as the head of Central Propaganda Department of CPC, responsible for ideological affairs for 10 years. He retired in 2002 due to his age.

Ding was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and joined the Communist Party of China in July, 1956. He graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and holds the title of senior engineer.

Ding was a member of 12th, 13th ,14th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, an alternate member of 13th Politburo, and a full member of 14th and 15th Politburo. Since the 4th plenary session of 13th Central Committee, he had been elected as a secretary of Central Secretariat of CPC.

Government offices
Preceded by Chen Puru	Minister of Railways of the People's Republic of China 1985 – 1988	Succeeded by Li Senmao
Party political offices
Preceded by Wang Renzhi	Head of Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee 1992 –2002	Succeeded by Liu Yunshan