Wu Yixia (; 1943 – 14 September 1998) is a Chinese politician who served as

governor of Guizhou The politics of Guizhou 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 Guizhou is the highest-ranking official in the People's Gove ...

from 1996 to 1998. He was a representative of the 13th and

15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党第十五次全国代表大会) was held in Beijing between September 12 and 18, 1997. It was preceded by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Commu ...

. He was a member of the

15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1997 to 2002. The 14th Central Committee preceded it. It was followed by the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. This was the first Central Committee ...

Biography

Wu was born Wu Tieyuan () in

Jilin City Jilin City (), alternately romanized as Kirin, is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in northeast China. As of the 2020 census, 3,623,713 people resided within its administrative area of and 1,895,865 in its buil ...

Jilin Province Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of (Great) Manchuria after 1934, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China, Manchuria from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic in 1932 afte ...

, in 1943. In 1963, he was admitted to the Department of Soil Agricultural Chemistry of with the second place in the province, and graduated in 1967. After university, in 1968, he was assigned to the Beidahuang Farm of a

PLA PLA may refer to: Organizations Politics and military * People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party * People's Liberation Army (disambiguation) ** Irish National Liberation Army, formerly called ...

unit to do farm works. Wu joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

(CCP) in 1965, and got involved in politics in 1970. From 1970 to 1982, he worked in both

Nong'an County Nong'an County () is a county of Jilin Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changchun, the capital of Jilin. The westernmost county-level division of Changchun City, it borders Dehui to the east ...

and

Jiutai County Jiutai () is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, Northeast China. The district is surrounded by agricultural areas and is located around northeast of downtown Changchun. Coal mining ...

. Starting in 1983, he successively served as executive vice mayor, deputy party secretary, and party secretary of

Changchun Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c ...

. He was promoted to executive vice governor of Jilin in 1987, concurrently serving as deputy party secretary since 1992. In April 1993, he was appointed executive vice minister of the

Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

, he remained in that position until June 1996, when he was transferred to

southwest China Southwest China () is a region in the south of the People's Republic of China. Geography Southwest China is a rugged and mountainous region, transitioning between the Tibetan Plateau to the west and the Chinese coastal hills (东南丘陵) and ...

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

province and appointed deputy party secretary and governor. On 14 September 1998, Wu died from

liver cancer Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to th ...

at the

301 Hospital The People's Liberation Army General Hospital and Medical School (301 Hospital; ) is the central military medical institution of the People's Liberation Army and the largest comprehensive military hospital in China. The 301 Hospital located in B ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, at the age of 55.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Yixia 1943 births 1998 deaths People from Jilin City Jilin Agricultural University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Jilin Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jilin Governors of Guizhou Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Deaths from liver cancer