Fu Hua (; born August 1964) is a Chinese politician who is the current president of

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, in office since June 2022. He is a representative of the

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and a member of the

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Early life and education

Fu was born in Rudong,

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, in August 1964. Fu received a

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with a major in

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and literature from Yangzhou Teachers College in 1985.

Political career

Fu entered the workforce in July 1985, and joined the

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(CCP) in December 1993. Fu worked in ''China Business Daily'' before being assigned to the State Council. He than successively served as assistant governor and deputy governor of

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and head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Xicheng District Committee in

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. He was deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee in February 2010 and subsequently deputy secretary-general of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee in July 2011. Fu became president and party branch secretary of ''

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'' in April 2014, and served until November 2016, when he was appointed vice president of the

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. He had also briefly served as executive deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee. In April 2017, he was chosen as editor-in-chief of ''

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'', a state-owned newspaper focusing on economic reports. Fu was appointed head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee in March 2018 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In February 2020, Fu was recalled to the central government and appointed deputy head of the

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. Fu was appointed editor-in-chief of

in June 2021, and was promoted to president a year later.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fu, Hua 1964 births Living people People from Rudong County Yangzhou University alumni Renmin University of China alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party