Xu Meikun () (1893 – January 17, 1997) was an alternate member of the

3rd Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 3rd Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ( Chinese: 中国共产党第三届中央执行委员会) was in session from 1923 to 1925, while China was a republic. The 2nd Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Communist P ...

. He was born in

Xiaoshan District Xiaoshan suburban district HangzhouZhejiang was formerly a city in its own right, separated by the Qiantang River from Hangzhou proper, but the municipality was annexed by its more populous neighbor in 2001. Xiaoshan has a permanent population wi ...

Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...

Zhejiang ) , translit_lang1_type2 = , translit_lang1_info2 = ( Hangzhounese) ( Ningbonese) (Wenzhounese) , image_skyline = 玉甑峰全貌 - panoramio.jpg , image_caption = View of the Yandang Mountains , image_map = Zhejiang i ...

Province. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in 1922 and was one of its earliest worker members. In 1927, he was betrayed to the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

and imprisoned for 8 years. In September 1935, he was released and left the CCP. He was reinstated in 1981, at the age of 88.

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{{reflist 1893 births 1997 deaths Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Politicians from Hangzhou Alternates of the 3rd Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang