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Jackie Chan dons new role, appointed delegate to China's top political advisory boards

CNN-IBN | Posted on Feb 03, 2013 at 09:25am IST

Beijing: Hollywood iron man Jackie Chan has taken up a new role. Chan, who retired from acting in 2012, has been appointed as a national-level delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

People's Political Consultative Conference is one of China's top political advisory boards. According to the actor's representatives he will serve a four-year term with the board starting in March.

Chan will be joined by other cultural figures like actor-director Stephen Chow, and 2012 Nobel literature laureate Mo Yan.

Jackie Chan appointed delegate to China advisory board

Chan will serve a four-year term with the Chinese People\'s Political Consultative Conference starting in March.

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Posted on Apr 10, 2013 at 03:02PM IST
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong-born Chinese stuntman, actor, and director whose perilous acrobatic stunts and engaging physical humour made him an action-film star in Asia and helped to bring kung fu movies into the mainstream of America ...

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