Tong Wei (September 1929 - July 12, 2017, ), formerly known as Tong Yupeng (), was a Chinese artist. He was a native of Changtu County, Liaoning Province.
Biography In 1949, he graduated from the North China People's Revolutionary University () in Beijing. From July 1949, worked for a long time in the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Ministry of Culture, serving as deputy director of the office of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and director of the Department of Organization and Association. In 1981, responsible for the founding of the Chinese Calligraphers' Association (), served as secretary-general of the first Congress of Calligraphers, and successively served as secretary-general of the Chinese Calligraphers' Association, and vice-chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers' Association. In July 2017 Died in Beijing on July 12, 2017, at the age of 88.
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