Hu Sheng 胡绳 | |
|---|---|
 Hu Sheng | |
| Member of the12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office 1982–1987 | |
| Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| In office 10 April 1988 – 13 March 1998 | |
| Chairman | Li Xiannian Li Ruihuan |
| President of theChinese Academy of Social Sciences | |
| In office 1985–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Hu Qiaomu |
| Succeeded by | Li Tieying |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1918-01-11)January 11, 1918 Suzhou,China |
| Died | November 5, 2000(2000-11-05) (aged 82) Shanghai,China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Occupation | Politician, historian, writer |
Hu Sheng (11 January 1918 – 5 November 2000), was a ChineseMarxist theorist andhistorian. He was President of theChinese Academy of Social Sciences from 1985 to 1998, and also served as Vice-Chairman of the seventh and eighth National Committees of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference[1] and member of the12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]
Hu was born on 11 January 1918 inSuzhou,Jiangsu Province. He enrolled in the philosophy Department ofPeking University in the year of 1934. He started involving in the communist revolutionary activities in Shanghai from 1935, mainly in the cultural activities and campaigns of resistance led by theChinese Communist Party against theJapanese.[1] After theSecond Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937, he moved toCentral China and joined the Chinese Communist Party. From the age of 17 to 30, Hu wrote numerous articles for theCommunist and other progressive newspapers and magazines and his published works summed up more than 1 million Chinese characters and had a great impact on ideological and cultural circles as well as young intellectuals.
Hu was responsible for the Party's theory research and publicity works for a long time after thePeople's Republic of China was formed in 1949. He also wrote a number of major works on Chinese and the Chinese Communist Party's history.[3] He was the president of theChinese Academy of Social Sciences from 1985 to 1998. In 1996, Hu donated most of his books to a library inHubei Province and established a fund to award outstanding young intellectuals.[3]
He became the member of the12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 1982 to 1987. In 1988, he became the vice-chairman of the National Committee of the 7thChinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He served for the second term and retired from office in 1998.[2] He was also vice chairman of theHong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee which was responsible for drafting theHong Kong Basic Law, the constitution of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region after it was handed over to China 1997.
Hu died of an illness on 5 November 2000 in Shanghai at the age of 82. Entrusted by the party's Central Committee, theVice PresidentHu Jintao came to Shanghai to bid farewell to Hu Sheng, and to convey to Hu Sheng's family members. There were also concerns expressed fromGeneral SecretaryJiang Zemin and other members of thePolitburo Standing Committee of the party's Central Committee.[3]
