Gu Mu

Gu Mu
谷牧
Gu Mu in 1940
Vice Premier of China
In office
1975–1982
PremierZhou Enlai
Hua Guofeng
Zhao Ziyang
Personal details
BornSeptember 1914
Rongcheng, Shandong
DiedNovember 6, 2009 (aged 95)
Beijing
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Children4 sons, 1 daughter

Gu Mu (Chinese: 谷牧; pinyin: Gǔ Mù; Wade–Giles: Ku3 Mu4; September 1914 – November 6, 2009) was a Chinese revolutionary figure and politician, who served as the Vice Premier of China between 1975 and 1982. As one of Deng Xiaoping's main aides in charge of economic management, he played a major role in implementing Deng's economic reform policies of the 1980s. He was a key figure in the creation of Shenzhen, China's first Special Economic Zone.[1]

  1. ^ Yuwu Song (8 July 2013). Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. McFarland. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-7864-3582-1.