[1] Fang was an alternate member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
[1][2][3] He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
[1][4] Fang was born in Dongfeng County, Jilin, on 11 February 1928.
[1] Fang joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1950.
[1] Fang successively served as a member of the Propaganda Department of the Northeast Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, deputy director of the Research and Editing Office of the State Planning Commission (now National Development and Reform Commission), researcher of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee, head of the Research Office of the State Planning Commission, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, director of the People's Bank of China, and vice chairman of the China Planning Society and the China Enterprise Management Association.