Gu Dachun
Gu Dachun | |
|---|---|
顾大椿 | |
| Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions | |
| In office – – – | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1915 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
| Died | January 23, 2007 (aged 91–92) Beijing, China |
Gu Dachun (Chinese: 顾大椿; 1915 – January 23, 2007), also known as Gu Ruifang (顾瑞方), was a Chinese politician and trade union leader. He served as Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), a member of the Standing Committee of the 6th National People's Congress, and a member of the Standing Committee of the 7th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).[1]
Biography
Gu was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, in 1915. As a student at Peking University, he participated in the December 9th Movement of 1935. In 1936, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and became a member of the university party branch. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Gu served as secretary of the underground CCP branch at the Nanjing Youth Battlefield Service Training Class, as a member of the Hubei Central Provincial Committee, and as secretary of the Zaoyang County Committee.[2] He later became secretary-general of the Eyu Border Region Party Committee.[3]
In the Chinese Civil War period, Gu held positions including director of the Urban Work Section of the CCP Central Plains Bureau, participant in the Central Plains Breakout, deputy secretary of the Fourth Sub-bureau of the Eyu Regional Committee, and head of the Rural Work Group of the Central Plains Bureau's Policy Research Office.[4]
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Gu served as secretary of the Jingzhou Regional Committee in Hubei, deputy director of the Central South Federation of Trade Unions, and later as secretary of the Secretariat and Vice Chairman of the ACFTU.[5] He also held posts as director of the Hebei Provincial National Defense Industry Office, secretary of its Party Committee, and subsequently as secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, first secretary of the provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and acting first secretary of Wuhan. Throughout the 1950s to 1980s, he was a leading figure in both provincial and national trade union organizations.[6]
Gu was a delegate to the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, a deputy to the 5th National People's Congress, and a member of the Standing Committee of the 6th National People's Congress. He also served as a member of the 3rd and 4th CPPCC National Committees, and later as a Standing Committee member of the 7th CPPCC.[7]
He retired in 1994. Gu died in Beijing on January 23, 2007, at the age of 92.[8]
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- ^ 战斗在北大的共产党人: 1920.10--1949.2 北大地下党槪况 (in Chinese). 北京大学出版社. 1991. p. 103. ISBN 978-7-301-01457-8. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
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- ^ 中国共产党湖北省武汉市组织史资料, 1920-1987 (in Chinese). 湖北人民出版社. 1991. p. 494. ISBN 978-7-5430-0538-9. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
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- ^ 中国人物年鉴 (in Chinese). Huayi Publishing House. 2008. p. 517. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ 中国共产党名人录 (in Chinese). 四川人民出版社. 1997. p. 1314. ISBN 978-7-220-02762-8. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ "顾大椿同志逝世". 中国共产党新闻网--人民网 (in Chinese). 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2025-09-24.