Hu Deping

Hu Deping ( Chin.胡德平, Pinyin: Hú Dépíng; * 1942 ) is a Chinese politician . He is Vice President of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and Deputy Director of the United Front Division of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China . In 1967, Hu graduated from Peking University's History Department , and during his postgraduate studies became an avid researcher of Cao Xueqin's book " Dream of the Red Chamber " .

family

Hu Deping is the eldest son of Hu Yaobang and his wife Li Zhao. He is married to An Li, the daughter of An Ziwen, who was also a high-ranking party member at the time. They have two children together; Hu Zhizhi and Hu Xiaoguang. He has three siblings: his three years younger brother Liu Hu, his seven years younger brother Hu Dehua and his sister Li Heng.

Political career

When his father was the general secretary of the CCP , Hu Deping held the position of general secretary of the United Front Division of the Central Committee. With Hu Yaobang's resignation, his son's resignation was also requested, but Zhao Ziyang declined. Allegedly with the words that father and son should be treated differently. At the Seventeenth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October 2007, Hu caused a sensation when he said that socialism and democracy are not contradicting each other. He even supported a democratic system in China.

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1. ↑ Chinachamber.org (English) ( Memento from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Peopledaily (Engl.)
3. ↑ people.com (Eng.)
4. ↑ cicus.org (chin.)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

literature

• Jiang Xue, "Hu Yaobang After Resigning," in GJJ, January 1989
• Liu Jen-Kai: "China's second generation of leaders - biographies and dates on the life and work of Li Peng, Qiao Shi, Tian Jiyun, Zhao Ziyang, Hu Qili, Hu Yaobang, Wang Zhaoguo", messages from the Institute for Asian Studies Hamburg

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Hu is the family name here, Deping is the first name.