In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Q: Xu Chongde ( 15 January 1929 3 March 2014 ) was a well-known legal expert and professor , political scientist , and the member of the Communist Party of China in the People 's Republic of China .
A:
Xu Chongde ( 15 January 1929 3 March 2014 ) was a Chinese legal expert , professor and political scientist .