Wu Bo (; 1906 – 21 February 2005) was a Chinese politician who served as

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between 1978 and 1980. He was a delegate to the

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and

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, and a delegate to the

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. He was a member of the 5th Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the 6th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Biography

Wu was born in

Jing County, Anhui Jing County or Jingxian () is a county in the south of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Xuancheng Xuancheng () is a city in the southeast of Anhui province. Archeological digs sug ...

, in 1906, during the late

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. He joined the communist revolution in June 1939 and joined

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in September 1941. During the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

, he served in the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region and then Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. During the

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, he worked in economic and financial section of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region. After the establishment of the Communist State in 1949, he was appointed vice minister of finance, vice president of the

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, and deputy party secretary of Finance and Trade Commission of the State Council. In the ten-year

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, he suffered

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. In 1978, he was reinstated in the post of

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, but having held the position for only two years. In June 1983, he became vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee, serving in the post until his retirement in March 1988. He died from an illness in

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, aged 99.

References

External links

Biography of Wu Bo
on the official website of the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China {{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Bo 1906 births 2005 deaths Politicians from Xuancheng Ministers of Finance of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China politicians from Anhui Chinese Communist Party politicians from Anhui Delegates to the 3rd National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 6th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 5th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference