Guan Guangfu (; December 1931 – 16 April 2016) was a Chinese politician of

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ethnicity. He served as Communist Party Secretary of

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

province from 1983 to 1994.

Biography

Guan was born in December 1931 in

Muling Muling () is a county-level city of Mudanjiang, southeastern Heilongjiang province, China, bordering Russia's Primorsky Krai to the east. As of 2004, it has an area of and a population of 330,000. Administrative divisions Muling City is divided ...

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

Province in

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. He was a

. He joined the

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(CPC) in July 1948. From 1947 to 1949 Guan worked as an accountant in Muling. In 1949, he was transferred to

Province in central China, working in the provincial finance department. In 1964 he acquired a degree in finance from

Hubei University Hubei University (), colloquially known in Chinese as Huda () was founded in 1931 and is as a key comprehensive university in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country ...

through correspondence learning. In 1973 he became Vice President of the Hubei Branch of the People's Bank of China, and was promoted to President in 1978. In January 1983, Guan became Communist Party Secretary (Party Chief) of Hubei, and held that position until December 1994. During his tenure, he disagreed with Governor

Guo Zhenqian Guo Zhenqian (; February 1933 – 13 August 2019) was a Chinese politician and banker. He served as Governor of Hubei Province from 1985 to 1990, Vice Governor of the People's Bank of China from 1990 to 1993, and Auditor-General of the National ...

and his successor

Guo Shuyan Guo Shuyan (; October 1935 – 23 January 2022) was a Chinese engineer and politician. He served as Governor of Hubei Province from 1990 to 1993. He also served as the deputy director of the State Science and Technology Commission from 1985 to ...

, over the ambitious "Rising Abruptly" strategy, which aimed to dramatically increase the province's economic output. As a result, both governors ended their terms prematurely and left the provincial government. From 1993 to 2002, Guan served as Chairman of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress. He was a member of the

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, and 14th Central Committees of the CPC, serving from 1985 to 1997. After retiring from politics Guan focused on painting, and was interviewed in his studio by

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in 2010. He said he was especially fond of Shennongjia, and was proud of his policies protecting the nature reserve. He died in

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on 16 April 2016.

References

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