Wang Renzhong (; January 15, 1917 – March 16, 1992) was a Chinese political leader. He was born to a peasant family in

Jing County, Hebei Jing County or Jingxian () is a county in Hengshui, Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and has 500,000 inhabitants. Its seat is the town of Jingzhou (). Administrative divisions Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

(CCP). From 1938, he served as the vice director of

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...

- Shandong-

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

CCP Publicity Department, director of South Hebei CPC Propaganda Department, and as a party group secretary. After 1945, he became the director of South Hebei CCP Administrative Office. After 1949, he arrived in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...

with the army, and was appointed as a standing member of

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...

Provincial Party Committee and vice president of People's Government of Hubei Province. In 1954 he became First Secretary (Party Chief) of the Hubei Communist Party Committee, the top leader of the province. He was very active in the Great Leap Forward period, but was purged during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

, and imprisoned for eight years until 1975. In 1978 he became the vice-premier of the

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, and from 1980 to 1982 he served as the head of Propaganda Department.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Renzhong 1917 births 1992 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Heads of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party Politicians from Hengshui Mayors of Wuhan Vice Premiers of the People's Republic of China Political office-holders in Hubei Victims of the Cultural Revolution Members of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress Vice Chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference