Hu Fuguo
Hu Fuguo (Chinese: 胡富国; born October 1937) is a Chinese politician currently serving as president of China Association of Poverty Alleviation & Development. He was Communist Party Secretary, Governor and CPPCC chairman of his home province Shanxi.
Hu Fuguo | |||||||
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胡富国 | |||||||
| Chairman of Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |||||||
| In office March 1994 – February 1995 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Maolin | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Guo Yuhuai | ||||||
| Communist Party Chief of Shanxi | |||||||
| In office September 1993 – June 1999 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Maolin | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Tian Chengping | ||||||
| Governor of Shanxi | |||||||
| In office July 1992 – September 1993 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Senhao | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Sun Wensheng | ||||||
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| Born | October 1937 (age 86) Zhangzi County, Shanxi, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Spouse | Chang Genxiu | ||||||
| Children | Hu Zhiqiang Hu Wenqiang | ||||||
| Alma mater | Liaoning Technical University | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 胡富國 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 胡富国 | ||||||
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He was a delegate to the 13th and 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 14th and 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Hu was a powerful provincial official in home-province Shanxi in the 1990s. During his tenure, he focused on energy alternatives, water development and conservation, the environment, education, economic development, and supervised the construction of Taiyuan-Jiuguan Expressway, Taiyuan Wusu International Airport, and Taiyuan railway station. At the same time, with his name and political influence, his sons Hu Zhiqiang and Hu Wenqiang experienced a meteoric rise in local politics and local state-owned enterprises. But Hu Zhiqiang was sacked for purchasing offices and selling offices and collusion between officials and businessmen.