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Xu Yunbei

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Xu Yunbei
徐运北
Minister of the Second Ministry of Light Industry
In office
1967–1970
PremierZhou Enlai
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byPosition revoked
Personal details
BornJuly 1914
Tangyi County [zh], Shandong, China
Died6 January 2018(2018-01-06) (aged 103)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
SpouseSha Xiaolu
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXú Yùnběi

Xu Yunbei (Chinese: 徐运北; July 1914 – 6 January 2018) was a Chinese politician who served as Minister of the Second Ministry of Light Industry from 1967 to 1970.

He was a representative of the 7th, 8th, and 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a delegate to the 3rd National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the 6th and 7th National People's Congress.[1]

Biography

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Xu was born in Tangyi County [zh] (now Dongchangfu, Liaocheng), Shandong, in July 1914.[1] He attended Zhengyi Middle School (正谊中学) in Jinan, capital of Shandong.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 1934.[1]

In the spring of 1935, he participated in the establishment of the CCP West Shandong Special Committee and served as its party secretary.[1]

Beginning from the winter of 1945, he successively served as deputy party secretary of the CCP Hebei-Shandong-Henan Committee and deputy political commissar of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region.[1]

In 1949, he joined the 5th Corps of the 2nd Field Army in southwest China and later served as first deputy party secretary of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee.[1]

In 1952, he was appointed vice minister of Health, responsible for eliminating schistosomiasis in south China.[1][3] In 1967, he assumed the position of minister of the Second Ministry of Light Industry.[1]

During the Cultural Revolution, he suffered political persecution and was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.[1] In May 1973, he was reinstated as deputy director of Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee and was admitted to member of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.[1] He became vice minister of Light Industry in August 1980.[1] He retired in May 1996.[1]

On 6 January 2018, he died in Beijing, at the age of 103.[1]

Family

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Xu married Sha Xiaolu (沙晓鲁), who committed suicide under political persecution during the Cultural Revolution.[2] Their son Xu Niansha (徐念沙; born 1957), chairman of the China Poly Group (2018–2021), married Liu Xiaoli (刘晓莉), the youngest daughter of Liu Huaqing.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Zhang Yu (张玉) (22 January 2018). 徐运北同志逝世. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Yan Jing (颜菁) (28 June 2018). 最后一位开国部长徐运北:立吃饭规矩 不许超200元. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ 徐运北:毛主席指挥送瘟神. sina (in Chinese). 29 August 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  4. ^ Tang Lei (唐磊) (28 May 2013). 一想起中国核潜艇反应堆安全问题就睡不着. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 April 2024. "我没有语言天分,我就用笨办法,下工夫。"刘华清后来对女婿徐念沙回忆。徐念沙现为中国机械工业集团副董事长兼党委书记,他的妻子刘晓丽是刘华清的小女儿。
Government offices
New title Minister of the Second Ministry of Light Industry
1967–1970
Succeeded by
Position revoked