Xi Zhongxun
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xi (习).
Xi Zhongxun (15 October 1913 – 24 May 2002) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and a political leader. He is thought to be among the first generation of Chinese leadership.[2]
Xi Zhongxun | |
|---|---|
习仲勋 | |
 Xi in 1946 | |
| Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee | |
| In office 10 September 1980 – 15 March 1993 | |
| Chairman | Wan Li |
| Secretary General of the State Council | |
| In office September 1954 – January 1965 | |
| Premier | Zhou Enlai |
| Preceded by | Li Weihan |
| Succeeded by | Zhou Rongxin |
| Head of the CPC Propaganda Department | |
| In office January 1953 – July 1954 | |
| Party Chairman | Mao Zedong |
| Preceded by | Lu Dingyi |
| Succeeded by | Lu Dingyi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1913 Fuping County, Shaanxi, China |
| Died | 24 May 2002 (aged 88) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Spouse(s) | Hao Mingzhu Qi Xin |
| Children | 7, including Qi Qiaoqiao, Xi Jinping and Xi Yuanping[1] |
He helped the founding of Communist guerrilla bases in northwestern China in the 1930s. He was imprisoned and purged several times. He was married to writer Qi Xin.
Personal life
Xi is also the father of Xi Jinping,[3] the current General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China and also Chairman of the Military Commission.
Xi Zhongxun Media
In June 1949, Xi Zhongxun spoke at a mass rally in Xi’an to mobilize support for the city's defense.
Burhan Shahidi (right) with Xi Zhongxun (middle) and Seypidin Azizi (left) in July 1952, after successfully quelling the Ospan Batyr insurgency.
Xi Zhongxun reads the military rank conferment order in 1955 as Secretary-General of the State Council.
Xi Zhongxun was brought to a struggle session at Northwest A&F University in September 1967, during the Cultural Revolution.
To curb further immigration to Hong Kong, in 1979, Xi Zhongxun arranged for the creation of special economic zones in Guangdong Province including Shenzhen, which has grown to become one of the largest cities in China.
Xi Zhongxun's Inscription for Zhuhai Special Economic Zone in July 1990
References
- ↑ 习仲勋父子的家庭相簿. December 9, 2014
- ↑ Đình Nguyễn. "Tập Cận Bình – 'Lãnh đạo tương lai' của Trung Quốc" (in Tiếng Việt). Vnexpress. Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ↑ 央視播習仲勛紀念片珍貴家庭照曝光 遺孀齊心罕見露面受訪. November 30, 2023
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