Deng Maomao

Deng Rong, nicknamed Maomao, was born in Southwest China's Chongqing City, the fourth child of Deng Xiaoping. After graduation from the Girls' Middle School attached to the Beijing Normal Univesity, she went to live and work for three years in a rural village on the loess plateau in the northern part of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Later, she studied medicine in and graduated from the Beijing Medical College (today's Medical School of Peking University). In the early 1980's, she worked...See more

Deng Rong, nicknamed Maomao, was born in Southwest China's Chongqing City, the fourth child of Deng Xiaoping. After graduation from the Girls' Middle School attached to the Beijing Normal Univesity, she went to live and work for three years in a rural village on the loess plateau in the northern part of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Later, she studied medicine in and graduated from the Beijing Medical College (today's Medical School of Peking University). In the early 1980's, she worked for four years first as attache and then third secretary in the Consulate section of the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. Returning home, she worked in the Research Office of the General Office of the National People's Congress. Appointed the office deupty director, she engaged in research in the legislation and legislative systems. She was a deputy at the Eighth National People's Congress and the executive member of the Sixth All China Women's Federation. She is now vice-chairwoman of the China Association for International Frienddly Contact, vice-chairwoman of the China Charity Federation, vice-chairwoman of the Sino-Russia Committee for Peace, Friendship and Development, and executive president of the Beijing Music Festival. Also a member of the Chinese Writers' Association, she has published many articles in newspapers and magazines. In 1993, her biography "My Father, Deng Xiaoping" was published. It has been translated into Japanese, Russian, English, French, Korean, Thai, and Dutch. Her latest book, "Deng Xiaoping and the Cultural Revolution,"which rolled off the presses in Chinese in 2000, has been translated into Korean and published in South Korea. The book's Russian and Japanese versions have also hit bookstores. See less