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Wu Hongxiang (November 6, 1914 – September 14, 2005, Chinese: 伍洪祥), born in Yuankang Village, Panjing Township, Shanghang County, Fujian Province, was a politician from China. He served as deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Revolutionary Committee; Member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of the Secretariat, and Deputy Governor; and Chairman of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]

Biography

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First Kuomintang-Communist Civil War

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In 1927, Wu Hongxiang affiliated with the local farmers' and workers' unions, and in 1928, he became a member of the clandestine organization "Iron and Blood League." In April 1929, he participated in an armed insurrection and joined the Young Pioneers in August, assuming the roles of captain and political commissar in Yuankang Township. He became a member of the Communist Youth League of China in 1930 and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1932. He subsequently held the position of secretary of the Youth League in Hexi District, Shanghang County, and in Hongqiao District, ultimately ascending to the role of secretary of the Youth League's Central County Committee in Shanghang. Throughout the land revolution, he occupied various significant roles, including chief of publicity for the Fujian Provincial Youth League, director of clandestine operations, and member of the Soviet Provincial Executive Committee. He enlisted in the Red Army, subsequently serving as chief of staff and political commissar of the Red Eighth Regiment, as well as political director and member of the military-political committees in the Minxi region, where he led a three-year guerrilla campaign with steadfast dedication.[2]

Second Sino-Japanese War

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During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Wu was designated as the head of the Youth Department of the CCP Minyuegan Border Provincial Committee and subsequently held the positions of deputy secretary and head of the Organization Department of the Hanjiang Work Committee.[3] He was then appointed secretary of the Meixian Central District Committee and later served as secretary of the Yongding Central County Committee. In 1939, he was appointed as a delegate to the 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1940, he journeyed to Yan'an, where he assisted in establishing a southbound cadre branch and engaged in the Rectification Campaign. In 1945, he participated in the 7th National Congress and held key positions within the southern cadres corps.[4][5]

Second Kuomintang-Communist Civil War

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Throughout the Second Kuomintang-Communist Civil War, Wu occupied prominent political positions in the Eighth Column of the Central China Field Army, the Third Brigade of the First Division, the Twelfth Division of the Fourth Column of the East China Field Army, and the 69th Division of the 23rd Army under the Third Field Army.[6] He engaged in pivotal battles, including the Seven Victories in Central Jiangsu, the Battles of Laiwu and Menglianggu campaign, the Huaihai Campaign, the Yangtze River Crossing Campaign, and the liberation of Hangzhou. Following the liberation of Shanghai, he assisted in the formation of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, coordinated young service corps from Shanghai to advance south with the military, and held the positions of deputy team leader and CCP committee secretary. In June 1949, he was appointed as a member of the Fujian Provincial CCP Committee.[7]

People's Republic of China

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Subsequent to the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Wu Hongxiang occupied various high-ranking positions: In May 1950, he was designated Secretary of the Longyan Regional Committee of the CCP and Political Commissar of the Longyan Military Sub-district. In December 1951, he was elected to the Fujian Provincial Committee of the CCP and the Fujian Provincial People's Government Committee. In May 1952, he was designated Minister of the Organization Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the CCP, where he examined the Ministry of Urban Construction Incident [zh], and endeavored to vindicate those unjustly accused.[8]

From January 1953 to August 1968, he simultaneously held the position of principal of the Fujian Party School. In April 1953, he was designated as a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Beginning in April 1955, he held the positions of Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the CPC, Secretary of the Provincial Committee's Secretariat, and Minister of the Provincial Committee's Department of Finance and Trade. In October 1957, he simultaneously held the position of political commissar of the Fujian Military District. In June 1958, he simultaneously held the position of First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Sanming Heavy Industry Construction Committee, directing tens of thousands of cadres, experts, and laborers in the mountainous regions of northwest Fujian to rapidly transform Sanming into a substantial industrial city.[9]

In January 1960, he simultaneously held the position of First Secretary of the CCP Sanming Municipal Committee. He held the position of Acting Governor of Fujian Province from May 1960 until June 1962.[10] In February 1961, he was designated as a member of the Central Committee of the CCP's East China Bureau, and in July, he simultaneously held the position of First Secretary of the CCP's Fuzhou Municipal Committee. In March 1962, he simultaneously held the positions of Party Secretary of the Fujian Provincial People's Committee and Director of the Fujian Provincial People's Armed Forces Committee. In August 1968, he was designated as the deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Revolutionary Committee. In November 1975, he was designated as a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the CCP.[11]

In September 1978, he was designated Secretary of the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee and Vice Governor of Fujian Province. In December 1979, he was appointed chairman of the Fourth Session of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In November 1982, he was designated Advisor to the Fujian Provincial Committee of the CCP, and in April 1983, he was elected Chairman of the Fifth Session of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[12]

He served as a delegate to the 7th, 8th, and 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[13] Wu retired in 1985 and died in Fuzhou on September 14, 2005, at the age of 91.[14]

References

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  1. ^ 刘景泉 (1999). 中国抗日战争人物大辞典 (in Chinese). 天津大学出版社. p. 133. ISBN 978-7-5618-1102-3. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  2. ^ 中国人民解放军军史大辞典 (in Chinese). 吉林人民出版社出版发行. 1993. p. 1079. ISBN 978-7-206-01814-5. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  3. ^ 廖盖隆; 罗竹风; 范源 (1990). 中囯人名大辞典 (in Chinese). 上海辞书出版社. p. 396. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  4. ^ 中国工农红军第一方面军人物志 (in Chinese). 解放军出版社. 1995. p. 148. ISBN 978-7-5065-2383-7. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  5. ^ 新四军事件人物录 (in Chinese). Shanghai People's Press. 1988. p. 261. ISBN 978-7-208-00322-4. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  6. ^ 中国大百科全书出版社 (1994). 福州百科全书 (in Chinese). 中国大百科全书出版社. p. 580. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  7. ^ 中国人物年鉴 (in Chinese). Huayi Publishing House. 2006. p. 423. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  8. ^ 福建省志 (in Chinese). 福建人民出版社. 1992. p. 464. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  9. ^ 中国人民解放军高级将领传 (in Chinese). 解放军出版社. 2007. p. 151. ISBN 978-7-5065-5283-7. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  10. ^ 福建省地方志编纂委员会. 福建省志: 大事记 (in Chinese). 福建人民出版社. p. 330. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  11. ^ 新华月报 (in Chinese). 新华月报社. 2006. p. 101. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  12. ^ 新四军辞典 (in Chinese). 上海辞书出版社. 1997. p. 439. ISBN 978-7-5326-0422-7. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  13. ^ 中国共产党第七次全国代表大会代表名录 (in Chinese). Chinese Communist Party History Press. 2005. p. 777. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  14. ^ "伍洪祥在榕病逝". 新浪新闻_手机新浪网 (in Chinese). 2005-09-15. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
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