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Hu Chunhua

Hu Chunhua
Hu Chunhua
Hu Chunhua raised political eyebrows with how quickly he rose from a staff position with the Communist Youth League in Tibet to become party chief of Inner Mongolia. He now stands a chance of entering the Politburo after surviving two major scandals - the tainted milk formula furore; and Mongolian protests over a hit-and-run - that would have cost many top politicians their jobs.
Born
1 Apr 1963
Industry
Politics
Job Title
Vice Chairman, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Chinese Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua during the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party in October. Photo: AP
Two Sessions 2023

Hu Chunhua joins China top advisory body, set to depart as vice-premier

The one-time leadership contender who was left out of the Politburo in October is set for a ceremonial role at March sitting.

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China’s 20th Party Congress

What Hu Chunhua’s sudden Politburo exit means for Xi’s reign

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China’s 20th Party Congress

Congress delegates embrace Communist Party slogan pledging support for Xi

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China food security

‘I’ve never seen a drought like this’: China’s farmers fight to save harvest

A severe drought has parched Jiangxi province and other major rice-growing areas in the Yangtze River Basin. Farmers in the region are growing increasingly fearful about the coming autumn harvest.

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Large areas of southern China are suffering from serious drought, with water levels on two major rivers in rice-growing provinces dropping to historic lows. Photo: Reuters
China's economic recovery

‘They’re not writing cheques’: China makes rare pitch for foreign investment

Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua said that it is ‘necessary’ for China to attract new foreign investment as supply chain and consumption slowdowns, a real estate crisis and power shortages are weighing on the economy.

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China's economic recovery

‘We must stabilise foreign investment’: experts warn of China exodus

Prominent Chinese analysts say that flexible coronavirus controls could help support and reassure foreign businesses that contribute a great deal to the national economy.

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China food security

China doubles down on domestic soybean push amid self-sufficiency drive

Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua said last week that the northeast provinces will ‘play a crucial role’ in China realising this year’s target to increase soybean planting.

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China has listed soybean expansion as “a major political task to be accomplished” in 2022, with domestic soybean output expected to rise by 26 per cent to 20.6 million tonnes this year. Photo: AFP
The Philippines

China promised Duterte US$9 billion. He’s had less than US$1 billion. Why?

Beijing in 2016 pledged to fund an array of major construction jobs for the president’s infrastructure programme, but three years on, many projects remain on the drawing board.

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China economy

Fewer jobs and more gap years for China’s 8.34 million graduates, survey shows

China’s economy is struggling to maintain stable growth in the midst of the trade war with the United States, with employment concerns increasing.

China economy

What is trade war-hit China doing to avoid ‘a massive jobless situation’?

Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua will head a task force as unemployment concerns increase due to US trade tensions and a number of recent high-profile lay-offs and closures.

Beijing’s official jobless indicators paint a relatively steady employment situation, with the urban unemployment rate dropping to 5 per cent at the end of April from 5.2 per cent at the end of March, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Photo: EPA
South China Sea

UK finance minister scraps China trip amid warship tensions

Philip Hammond had been set to visit China for trade talks, but Britain’s planned deployment of a new aircraft carrier to the Pacific angered Beijing.

Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond scraps China trip amid plans to deploy new UK aircraft carrier to Pacific
Sun Zhengcai

Chinese ‘leader-in-waiting’ joins condemnation of fallen star

China economy

New | Guangdong struggles to keep top spot as China’s economic powerhouse while Jiangsu closes in

Opinion | Hu Chunhua's ¥670b plan to develop Guangdong's backwaters

Seven months into his tenure as Guangdong's party chief, Hu Chunhua is betting that uplifting the province's less-developed regions can serve as an engine to rejuvenate the battered local economy.

Guangdong's party chief Hu Chunhua. Photo: Simon Song

Guangdong's greener future

Guangdong's greener future

Hu Chunhua: Heading to the top via Guangdong?

New Guangdong party chief Hu Chunhua, who marks 100 days in the job today, has taken an ultra-low-profile approach to getting to grips with the complicated province.

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Opinion | Guangdong party boss Hu Chunhua keeps his cards close to his chest

On the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing last week, Hu Chunhua answered just one question from more than 200 journalists representing some 140 media organisations at an open session for Guangdong delegates.

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Sun Zhengcai

Zhou Qiang's new role as the top judge is largely symbolic

Hu Chunhua and Sun Zhengcai, both three years younger than the 52-year-old Zhou, have now eclipsed him on the political stage after joining the 25-member Politburo, and are in pole position to become the core of the party's sixth-generation leadership.

Zhou Qiang (centre, back row) is congratulated by other deputies after being elected president of the Supreme People's Court at the National People's Congress. Photo: Xinhua

Opinion | Hu Chunhua eager to maintain Guangdong's engine of growth

Guangdong party chief Hu Chunhua vows to stick with existing policies

Censorship in China

Guangdong party chief Hu Chunhua 'handled newspaper crisis well'

Police try to remove banners from protesters at the headquarters of Nanfang Media Group. Photo: AFP

New Guangdong party chief makes first visit to province

Guangdong's new party chief Hu Chunhua meets with locals at Shenzhen's Lotus Hill during his first official visit to the province. Photo: SCMP

Who said it?

Wang Yang

All eyes on Hu Chunhua as he takes over as Guangdong party chief

China leadership

Beijing confirms Zhang Xiaoming and Hu Chunhua in top regional positions

Zhang Xiaoming and Hu Chunhua

Inner Mongolia party chief Hu Chunhua seen making Politburo Standing Committee in 2017

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18th Party Congress

Next generation waiting in the wings

18th Party Congress

Rising stars clam up when quizzed by reporters on future prospects

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