# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fang-binxing
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:25:49.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fang-binxing"
name: "Fang Binxing"
slug: "fang-binxing"
description: "Fang Binxing is a former Principal of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He is also known for his substantial contribution to China's Internet censorship infrastructure, and has been dubbed \"Father of China's Great Firewall\". Fang is also known for his role in Russia's Internet censorship due to his relationship with Igor Shchyogolev, former Russian communications minister and Russian President Putin's deputy on Internet issues."
tagline: "Internet engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fang_binxing.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-07-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             1.800679501698754
  historical:           9.548860000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  197
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Binxing"
    title: "Fang Binxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Binxing"
    title: "Fang Binxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8A%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B6"
    title: "Ֆան Պինսին"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Binxing"
    title: "Fang Binxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B9%E6%B5%9C%E8%88%88"
    title: "方浜興"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Binxing"
    title: "Fang Binxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Binxing"
    title: "Fang Binxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Фан Биньсин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_T%C3%A2n_H%C6%B0ng"
    title: "Phương Tân Hưng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B9%E6%BB%A8%E5%85%B4"
    title: "方滨兴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059181"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump