Qi Xin

Qi Xin was born in Gaoyang County, Hebei on 3 November 1926. Her father, Qi Houzhi (), was the head of the law bureau in the Nationalist government's Third Army during the Northern Expedition. Qi's mother, Deng Yaozhen, was the daughter of a Qing dynasty military official. The Deng family owned a pigment company and Deng Yaozhen used proceeds from the company to fund her children's political activity. After Beiping fell to the Japanese army, her elder sister Yun () took her to Tunliu County, Shanxi, where Yun joined the Eighth Route Army. Yun sent her little sister to the schoolgirls' team of the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University, which had set up a branch school in Tunliu. Later in the winter of 1939, Qi transferred to the female cadre branch of the Cadres' School in Changzhi County, where she served as a team leader. She participated in fighting at Yincheng and Xihuo town. She narrowly survived an attack by artillery and cavalry. Qi entered the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party in 1941, then was sent to Yan'an University's middle school in 1942. Qi became class president there. ==Career==

Qi married Xi Zhongxun in April 1944, then after graduating from Suide Teachers' College later that year, Qi went to a rural village to do grassroots work with peasants. It has been suggested that this position provided her family with relatively good protection during the Cultural Revolution, when her husband was denounced, but not imprisoned. ==Personal life==

Qi met Xi Zhongxun in 1943 whilst studying at the middle school in Suide County. At the time, Xi was still married to his first wife, Hao Mingzhu (), with whom he had three children. She came home at most once each week. Qi's younger brother, Qi Bu () (also known as Qi Ruixin ()) (d.1987), was vice party secretary of the China National Gold Group and a top official in the gold and mineral exploration arm of the People’s Armed Police. CCP leader Xi Jinping considered him "very close". Qi's nephew and first cousin to Xi Jinping, the son of Qi Bu, Chai Ming () was the chairman of Shenzhen ZTE Zhongxing Keyang Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. and director of GQY Video. Chai gained media attention for gambling US$39 million at Melbourne, Australia's Crown casino in one period of 18 months. Family • Xi Zhongxun (husband) (15 October 1913 – 24 May 2002) • Qi Qiaoqiao (b. 1 March 1949) • married Deng Jiagui (b. 1951) • Qi An'an (b. 1952) • married Wu Lung • Xi Jinping (b. 15 June 1953) • married and divorced Ke Lingling • married Peng Liyuan (b. 20 November 1962) and have one daughter, Xi Mingze (b. 25 June 1992) • Xi Yuanping (b. November 1956) • married Zhang Lanlan ==Written works==