Chu Tu'nan | |
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| 楚图南 | |
 Chu in 1949 | |
| Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
| In office 12 April 1986 – 8 April 1988 | |
| Chairman | Peng Zhen |
| Chairman of theChina Democratic League | |
| In office 1986 – January 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Hu Yuzhi |
| Succeeded by | Fei Xiaotong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1899-08-18)18 August 1899 Wenshan City,Yunnan |
| Died | 11 April 1994(1994-04-11) (aged 94) |
| Political party | China Democratic League |
| Alma mater | Beijing Normal University |
Chu Tu'nan (simplified Chinese:楚图南;traditional Chinese:楚圖南; August 18, 1899 – April 11, 1994) , a native ofWenshan,Yunnan, was a Chinese male politician, who served as avice-chairperson of theStanding Committee of the6th National People's Congress and the chairman of theChina Democratic League.[1][2]
In 1913, he was admitted to the Union High School inKunming, and in 1919, he was admitted to the History and Geography Department of theBeijing Higher Normal School (laterBeijing Normal University), where he joined theChinese Socialist Youth League and edited and published the newspaperLabor Culture under the guidance ofLi Dazhao.[3] After graduating in 1920, he returned to Yunnan to teach in a series of high schools and organized a "reading club" among students sympathetic to the Communist Party. In 1926, Li Dazhao informed him that he would go to Northeast China to work for the CPC as a teacher, and in the winter of 1926, he officially became a member of the CPC.[4][5]
He was arrested and imprisoned from 1930 to 1934 for his involvement in the Jilin School Tide. After his release from prison, he assumed the pseudonym Chu Zeng (Chinese:楚曾) and became a lecturer and professor atJinan University in Shanghai. After the outbreak of theSecond Sino-Japanese War, he traveled to Kunming via Hong Kong and Haiphong, where he taught in the Department of Literature and History atYunnan University. In 1943, he joined theChina Democratic League (CDL) and became one of the leaders of the Yunnan organization. In 1946, he hosted memorials and protests forLi Gongpu andWen Yiduo after their assassination byKuomintang. In 1946, he went to Shanghai, where he became a professor at theShanghai Law School, and then lived in exile in Hong Kong after the ban on the CDL by Kuomintang. In 1949, he participated in theProclamation of the People's Republic of China at the Tiananmen Square.[6]
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, he served as the president of theChinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.[7] In 1954, the Chinese Historical Society announced the list of its first board of governors, withGuo Moruo as president,Wu Yuzhang andFan Wenlan as vice-presidents, and him as a councilor.[8] He was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the CNDL in 1956, and was elected as a vice-chairman of the Central Committee in 1958. During the Cultural Revolution, Chu Tunan was sent down inMinggang, Henan Province, until he was allowed to return to Beijing in 1971.[9]
He was twice elected vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the NLD, in 1979 and 1983, and in 1986 he became Acting Chairman and Chairman of the Central Committee. He also served for a long time as a delegate to the National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and in April 1986 he was electedvice-chairman of the Standing Committee of theSixth National People's Congress.[10]
He died on April 11, 1994, at the age of 95 in Beijing.[11]
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