The Guangzhou Uprising,Canton Uprising or Canton Riots of 1927 was a failed communist uprising in the city of Guangzhou (Canton) in southern China.
Hu Chunhua is a Chinese politician. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 2023. From 2018 to 2023,he served as Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
Liang Xiang was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was originally from the city of Kaiping,in Guangdong province. He graduated from Beijing Normal University,and was a representative in the fifth,sixth,and seventh National People's Congresses.
Xie Fei was a Chinese politician. He was best known for his term as the Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong between 1991 and 1998,as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party,and as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
Ji Bingxuan is a Chinese politician who served as a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2013 to 2023. From 2008 to 2013,he held the highest post in Heilongjiang province,serving as its Communist Party Chief.
Zhang Yang was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as Director of the Political Work Department. He was previously political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region. He committed suicide in November 2017 when under disciplinary investigation.
The 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held November 8-15,2012 at the Great Hall of the People. It was preceded by the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Due to term limits and age restrictions,seven of the nine members of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) retired during the Congress,including Hu Jintao,who was replaced by Xi Jinping as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. The Congress elected the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,and saw the number of Politburo Standing Committee seats reduced from nine to seven. It was succeeded by the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
Shi Zongyuan,ethnic Hui,was a politician of the People's Republic of China,and former secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Provincial Standing Committee of Guizhou and chairman of Guizhou people's congress.
Lin Ruo(Chinese:林若;pinyin:Lín Ruò;July 19,1924 –October 7,2012) was a Chinese politician who served as Party Committee Secretary of Guangdong Province.
Sun Zhigang is a former Chinese politician who was Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou. He was formerly mayor of Yichang,the secretary-general of the Hubei party committee under Yu Zhengsheng,the Vice-Governor of Anhui province,and chief of the national office for health care reform.
Si Xianmin is a former Chinese business executive who served as chairman and general manager of China Southern Airlines,the world's sixth-largest airline measured by passengers carried and Asia's largest airline in fleet size and passengers carried. Si Xiamin spent more than 20 years in China Southern Airlines. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. In November 2015,he was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He is the first head of civil aviation in China implicated since the beginning of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive after he took power in late 2012.
Tan Pingshan was a Chinese revolutionary socialist and an early member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from Gaoming,Guangdong. He was influential in the Tongmenghui and formed the Guangdong branch of the CCP with the help of Chen Duxiu. He later took part in the formation of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.
Xu Shijie was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. He held many positions in his native province of Guangdong,including as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the provincial capital Guangzhou. He came out of retirement in 1988 to serve as the inaugural CCP Committee Secretary of the newly established province and special economic zone of Hainan. In Hainan he worked closely with Governor Liang Xiang to implement reformist policies,but they were both dismissed in the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and the fall of the liberal leader Zhao Ziyang. He died soon afterwards in 1991.
Wang Xiaoguang is a former Chinese politician who served as Vice Governor of Guizhou. He was dismissed from his position in March 2018 and placed under investigation by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission. Wang was the first high-ranking official probed since the National Supervisory Commission was established in March 2018.
Zhang Qi is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in Hainan province. He was investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission,the highest anti-corruption agency of China,in September 2019. Previously he served as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Haikou,capital of Hainan province. Zhang is the first senior official who was placed under investigation in Hainan since the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in late 2017 and the fourth incumbent provincial level official was sacked for graft since then.
Lan Fo'an is a Chinese politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Finance and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. He previously served as the CCP Secretary of Shanxi province.
Guo Yuanqiang is a Chinese politician who is the current party secretary of Wuhan,in office since September 2021. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and was a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Chen Rugui is a Chinese politician who is the current vice chairman of Guangdong People's Congress. Previously he served as mayor of Shenzhen. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in June 2022.
Liang Tiangeng is a Chinese politician currently serving as vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Chen Jixing is a retired Chinese politician who spent his entire career in south China's Guangdong province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1974,and entered the workforce in September 1977. As of July 2023 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency. He has retired for five years. Previously he served as vice chairman of Guangdong Provincial People's Congress.
