Xue Zizheng (; 1905 - 1980) was a Chinese politician who served as deputy head of the

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of the

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between 1958 and 1966.

Biography

Xue was born in Lirang Town of

Liangshan County Liangshan County () is a county situated in the southwest of Shandong province, China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Jining. Geography Liangshan County is situated north west of Jining in the south west of Shandong provinc ...

Sichuan Province Sichuan is a Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capita ...

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in 1905, which was during the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

. In his early years, he studied at school in

Wuchang Wuchang is one of 13 urban District (China), districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the right (southea ...

and

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. He is a graduate of

Shanghai University Shanghai University (SHU) is a municipal public university in Shanghai, China. It is owned by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction. Shanghai University mai ...

Communist University of the Toilers of the East The Communist University of the Toilers of the East (, KUTV; also known as the Far East University) was a revolutionary training school for important communist political leaders. The school operated under the umbrella of the Communist Internatio ...

, and

Lenin Military-Political Academy The V. I. Lenin Military-Political Academy (), abbreviated as VPA, was a higher military educational institution of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1919 to 1991 that provided advanced training to political workers. History The predecessor of ...

. In 1926, Xue joined the

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(CCP). He took part in the Third Rebellion of Shanghai Workers (). Xue worked in Eastern Jiangxi Communist-controlled China () in 1930, then worked in Minbei Communist-controlled China (), he was transferred to

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Military District () in 1934. After 1949, Xue served as the deputy mayor of

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, the vice chairman of State Economic and Trade Commission, the deputy head of the

of the

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, the deputy secretary general of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

, and member of the

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. In July 1980, Xue died in

Personal life

Xue has an adopted son named

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who acquired American citizenship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xue, Zizheng 1905 births People from Liangping County, Chongqing People's Republic of China politicians from Chongqing Shanghai University alumni Communist University of the Toilers of the East alumni 1980 deaths Chinese expatriates in the Soviet Union Lenin Military Political Academy alumni Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan