Zhou Hui (; 1918 – November 18, 2004) was a
People's Republic of China
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politician. He was born in
Guannan County
Guannan County () is under the administration of Lianyungang, Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Repub ...
,
Jiangsu
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Province. His birth name was Hui Jue (). He was the younger brother of
Hui Yuyu
Hui Yuyu () (1909 – July 1989) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was the older brother of Zhou Hui, Communist Party of China Committee Secretary of Hunan and Inner Mongolia. He was born in Guannan County, Jiangsu Province. He was t ...
, two-time governor of Jiangsu Province. He changed his name in 1938, when he joined the
Chinese Communist Party
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and went to
Yan'an
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, using his mother's surname as his own. He was
Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary
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of
Hunan
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Province and
Inner Mongolia
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. At the
Lushan Conference
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in
Jiangxi
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Province in 1959, Zhou Hui and his predecessor in Hunan,
Zhou Xiaozhou, along with
Huang Kecheng
Huang Kecheng () (October 1, 1902 – December 28, 1986) was a senior general (大将) in the People's Liberation Army
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and
Zhang Wentian
Zhang Wentian (; 30 August 1900 – 1 July 1976), also known as Luo Fu (), was a high-ranking leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Born in Nanhui, he attended the Hohai Civil Engineering School in Nanjing and spent a year at the Univer ...
, gave their support to
Peng Dehuai
Peng Dehuai (; October 24, 1898November 29, 1974) was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, who served as China's Defense Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was born into a poor peasant family, and received several years of primary edu ...
. Unlike Zhou Xiaozhou, Huang and Zhang, Mao did not punish Zhou Hui for his support of Peng. Policies proposed by Zhou resulted in the
1981 Inner Mongolia student protest.
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1918 births
2004 deaths
People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu
Political office-holders in Hunan
Political office-holders in Inner Mongolia