Xu Guangchun

Xu Guangchun (Chinese: 徐光春; pinyin: Xú Guāngchūn; born November 1944) is a politician of the People's Republic of China who served as the Communist Party Chief of Henan province.

Biography

Xu Guangchun was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang 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 Renmin University of China in 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1973. During this time he continued to work for local military publications, beginning in 1972 with the Anhui Production and Construction Corps, where he served as a reporter for Corps Soldiers Newspaper. In 1975 he began a seven-year stint with Xinhua News Agency's Anhui bureau. Seven years later he joined the Chinese Photographers Association and later chaired the Anhui Photojournalist Society. He was named to head Xinhua's Shanghai bureau in 1985, and the Beijing bureau in 1988.

In 1984 he held his first public office. Xu became the Secretary of the CPC Henan Committee in 2004, and inherited a Henan bureaucracy that underwent large restructuring under Li Keqiang. He has, thus far, continued on Li's general policy direction. He is the member of the 16th and 17th CPC Central Committee.

He has been chosen to host high-level foreign delegations, including an August, 2009 visit to Zhengzhou by seven lieutenant governors from Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota and Puerto Rico.

He has been 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 is married to Han Wufeng.

External links

• Biography of Xu Guangchun, Xinhua News Agency. (Chinese)