Hu Qili (simplified Chinese: 胡启立; traditional Chinese: 胡啟立; pinyin: Hú Qǐlì; born October 1929 in Yulin, Shaanxi) is a politician of the People's Republic of China.
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In 1948 at the age of 19, Hu joined the Communist Party of China (CPC). He studied at Peking University from 1946-1951. While enrolled, Hu served as president of All-China Students' Federation, and graduated as a Minister of Electronics Industry.
After the death of Hu Yaobang, he opposed the "4-26 Editorial" and refused to vote in favour of the martial law (at least he didn't vote). However, Hu was much less fortunate than Qiao Shi, the other member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China who opposed the use of force by not voting: unlike Qiao Shi who retained his post, Hu was then kicked out from the Standing Committee after the fall of Zhao Ziyang. After he "changed his opinion", he was appointed vice-minister of Machine-Building and Electronics Industry with the help of Wan Li.
Following his graduation,
Hu Qili was known as a reformer during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. As Jonathan Mirsky writes in the New York Review of Books, "The other member was Hu Qili, who had been sympathetic to Zhao's views on reform.".[1]
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| Preceded by Chen Weida |
Mayor of Tianjin 1980 – 1982 |
Succeeded by Li Ruihuan |
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Minister of Electronic Industry 1993 – 1998 |
Succeeded by office abolished |
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