We know that on May 16, 1949, the three towns of Wuhan were liberated. In the same year, Wuchang City, Hankou City and Hanyang County became Wuhan City, which was directly administered by the Central People's Government. In 1950, it was led by the Central South Military and Political Committee, which was stationed in Hankou.
was led by the Central South Executive Committee in 1952 and was its resident. In 1954, it was changed to a city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province and became the resident of the Provincial People's Government. So who are the first three mayors of Wuhan in New China? We together look!
The first mayor of Wuhan:
Wu Defeng (1896-1976): The original name was Wu Shichong with the word Defeng, and it was once used as Wu Tiezheng, Tiefeng, and Qi Yuandao. Born in Shipan Village, Xiema Town, Baokang County, Hubei Province on June 21, 1896, he was a family of officials in the late Qing Dynasty and later served as the first mayor of Wuhan People's Government. He is an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a loyal Marxist, an older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, and an outstanding leader of the hidden front.
The second mayor of Wuhan:
Li Xiannian (June 23, 1909-June 21, 1992), a native of Hong'an, Hubei, a proletarian revolutionary, politician, strategist, and a firm Marxist, An outstanding leader of the party and the country.
led the farmers in his hometown to participate in the Huang (An) Ma (City) Uprising in 1927, joined the Communist Party of China in the same year, and served as the command and leader of the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army and participated in the Long March. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army and other positions. From February to December 1952, he concurrently served as the mayor of Wuhan.
After the founding of New China, he served as the secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, the leadership of the Hubei Provincial Military Region, and then the vice premier of the State Council. After the 1980s, he successively served as the vice chairman of the CPC Central Committee, the chairman of the People’s Republic of China, and the chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.
The third mayor of Wuhan:
Wang Renzhong (1917-1992), a native of Jingxian County, Hebei. He joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in 1932 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1933. In May 1949, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Government. From December 1952 to November 1954, he served as acting mayor of Wuhan.
After 1954, he served as the first secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee and the first political commissar of the Wuhan Military Region, and the chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CPPCC. In May 1958, he was added as an alternate member of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
resumed work in 1978 and served as the first secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. At the end of the same year, he served as the vice premier of the State Council. In 1980, he was appointed Minister of Propaganda of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee. From March 1988 to 1992, he served as the vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee. He is a member of the 11th, 12th, and 13th CPC Central Committee.
