Lu Ping (; 27 September 1927 – 3 May 2015) was a Chinese

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and

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. He served as Head of the

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of the

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. He is best known as China's delegation head and main representative during negotiations for the transfer of sovereignties of

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and

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from

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and

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to the PRC and labelled the last governor of Hong Kong

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as "Sinner of a Thousand Years" () for the

1994 Hong Kong electoral reform The 1994 Hong Kong electoral reform was a set of significant constitutional changes in the last years of British colonial rule in Hong Kong before the Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, handover of its sovereignty to the People's Republic o ...

. Born in Shanghai, Lu graduated from St. John's University, Shanghai in 1947 and joined the

in 1978.

References

1927 births 2015 deaths Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanghai People's Republic of China politicians from Shanghai Members of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee members St. John's University, Shanghai alumni {{China-diplomat-stub