Hu Chunhua (Chinese: 胡春华; born April 1963) is a Chinese politician. He currently serves as a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 2023. From 2018 to 2023, he served as vice premier of China.
Hu Chunhua | |||||||
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胡春华 | |||||||
_2.jpg) Hu in 2019 | |||||||
| Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |||||||
| Assumed office 10 March 2023 | |||||||
| Chairman | Wang Huning | ||||||
| Vice Premier of China | |||||||
| In office 19 March 2018 – 12 March 2023 | |||||||
| Premier | Li Keqiang | ||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong | |||||||
| In office 18 December 2012 – 28 October 2017 | |||||||
| Deputy | Zhu Xiaodan (Governor) Ma Xingrui (Governor) | ||||||
| General secretary | Xi Jinping | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Yang | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Xi | ||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia | |||||||
| In office 30 November 2009 – 18 December 2012 | |||||||
| Deputy | Bagatur (Government Chairman) | ||||||
| General secretary | Hu Jintao | ||||||
| Preceded by | Chu Bo | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Jun | ||||||
| Governor of Hebei | |||||||
| In office April 2008 – November 2009 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Guo Gengmao | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Chen Quanguo | ||||||
| First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China | |||||||
| In office November 2006 – April 2008 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zhou Qiang | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Lu Hao | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | April 23, 1963 Wufeng County, Hubei, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1983–present) | ||||||
| Alma mater | Peking University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 胡春华 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 胡春華 | ||||||
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Born in Yichang, Hubei, Hu first entered politics by working as a cadre of the Communist Youth League in the Tibet Autonomous Region. After serving various roles in Tibet, he rose through the ranks of the Communist Youth League, eventually returning to Beijing and becoming its first secretary in 2006. In 2008, he was appointed the governor of Hebei. He was reassigned to the post of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee secretary of Inner Mongolia in 2009, a post he held until 2012.
In 2012, he became the CCP secretary of Guangdong, as well as a member of the CCP Politburo. During his time in Guangdong lasting until 2017, Hu launched anti-corruption campaigns and earned reputation as a low-key leader. Hu became a vice premier of China in 2018, a post he served until 2023. He left the Politburo in 2022, after the 20th CCP National Congress, though he kept his membership to the CCP Central Committee. In March 2023, he became a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Hu is popularly known as "Heir apparent of Tuanpai" due to the similarities of his career with that of former CCP general secretary Hu Jintao and Li Keqiang.