Fu Xishou (; January 1931 – 25 March 2015) was a Chinese business executive and politician who served as

governor of Anhui The Politics of Anhui Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Anhui (安徽省省长) is the highest-ranking official in the ...

from 1989 to 1994. He was an alternate member of the

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and a member of the

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. He was a delegate to the

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. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th

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and 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Fu was born in

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, in January 1931. After graduating from

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

in 1953, he was assigned to

Anshan Anshan () is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about south of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, it was Liaoning's third most populous city with a population ...

Iron and Steel Ferrous Metallurgy Design Company (later renamed Anshan Ferrous Metallurgy Design Institute of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry). Beginning in September 1958, he served in several posts in the

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

Ferrous Metallurgy Design Institute, including technician, engineer, deputy section chief of professional section, and chief engineer. He joined the

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(CCP) in August 1959. Starting in May 1966, he successively served as chief design director of chief engineer's office, production team engineer of the reform committee, chief design director of

Panzhihua Panzhihua (), formerly Dukou (), is a prefecture-level city located in the far south of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China, at the confluence of the Jinsha and Yalong Rivers. It has an administrative area of , and a population at the 2 ...

Iron and Steel Base, and deputy leader and than team leader of Panzhihua Iron and Steel Base of the Chongqing Iron & Steel Design Institute. He rose to become deputy chief engineer and vice president in May 1978. In August 1982, he was promoted to become president and party secretary of the

Ma'anshan Ma'anshan (), also colloquially written as Maanshan, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of Anhui province in Eastern China. An industrial city stretching across the Yangtze River, Ma'anshan borders Hefei to the west, Wuhu to the south ...

Iron and Steel Design and Research Institute, and served until June 1987. He also served as

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of Ma'anshan from February 1985 to June 1987. In April 1989, he became

, a post he kept until December 1994. He concurrently served as deputy party secretary from June 1987 to January 1995. He retired in March 2004. On 25 March 2015, he died from an illness in

Hefei Hefei (; ) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census and its built-up ( ...

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

, at the age of 84.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fu, Xishou 1931 births 2015 deaths Tsinghua University alumni Governors of Anhui People's Republic of China politicians from Beijing Chinese Communist Party politicians from Beijing Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress Alternate members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference