Wu Shuqing (; 3 January 1932 – 10 January 2020) was a

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economist and educator. He was

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from August 1989 to August 1996 and vice-president of

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Biography

Wu was born in

Jiangyin Jiangyin (, Jiangyin dialect: ) is a county-level city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, and is administered by Wuxi, Jiangsu province. Jiangyin is one of the most important transport hubs on the Yangtze River, it is also one of the most d ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...

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on 3 January 1932. He attended Changshu Middle School and

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. In August 1948, after the liberation of Tongxiang County, he was a staff member at the County Party Committee. In July 1952, he studied, then taught, at

, he served in several posts there, including instructor, professor, doctoral supervisor, and vice-president. He joined the

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in 1955. In August 1989, he was appointed

, replacing

Ding Shisun Ding Shisun (; September 5, 1927 – October 12, 2019) was a Chinese mathematician, academic administrator, and politician. He served as President of Peking University during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and was forced to resign afterwards ...

, who did not prevent students of Peking University from joining the

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. When his term ended, he continued to serve as a professor, honorary director of the council and president of Education Foundation at the university. On 10 January 2020, he died of an illness at , aged 88.

Works

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References

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