Xu Guangchun ( zh, c=徐光春, p=Xú Guāngchūn; November 1944 – 21 October 2022)
Red Boat Magazine, 21 October 2022. was a Chinese politician who served as the

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province between 2004 and 2009.

Biography

Xu Guangchun was born in

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, in November 1944. Before he graduated from high school he went to work for the Hangzhou Daily newspaper as a reporter. He graduated from the Journalism Department of

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in 1969 and joined the

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in 1973. During this time he continued to work for local military publications, beginning in 1972 with the

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Production and Construction Corps, where he served as a reporter for Corps Soldiers Newspaper. In 1975 he began a seven-year stint with

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bureau. Seven years later he joined the Chinese Photographers Association and later chaired the

Photojournalist Society. He was named to head Xinhua's

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bureau in 1985, and the

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bureau in 1988. In 1984 he held his first public office. Xu became the Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 2004, and inherited a Henan bureaucracy that underwent restructuring under

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. During his term, he largely continued on Li's general policy direction. Xu was a member of the 16th and

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. He has been chosen to host high-level foreign delegations, including an August, 2009 visit to

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by seven

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s from

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and

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. Xu was very active in journalist circles in China and has published a variety of books, including the Practical Manual for Amateur Photography, which was awarded the national Golden Key Award. He was married to Han Wufeng. Xu left office as

of Henan in 2009, after having reached the typical retirement age for provincial-level officials of 65. He went on to sit on the

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until 2013.

References

External links

Biography of Xu Guangchun

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Guangchun, Xu 1944 births 2022 deaths Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Hangzhou High School alumni Renmin University of China alumni Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Writers from Shaoxing CCP committee secretaries of Henan 20th-century Chinese journalists Politicians from Shaoxing Guangming Daily people