Rui Xingwen (; 1 April 1927 – 5 June 2005) was a

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politician who served as the Party Chief of

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

from 1985 to 1987, and as a member of the

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of the

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beginning in 1987. He was born in

Lianshui County Lianshui County () is under the administration of Huai'an, Jiangsu province, China. The northernmost county-level division of Huai'an, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Lianyungang to the north, Yancheng Yancheng (), formerly known as ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

, and joined the

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in 1945. He died prior to an illness on 5 June 2005.

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{{CPC Secretariat 1927 births 2005 deaths Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu People from Huai'an Political office-holders in Shanghai Members of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party Secretaries of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party