Hou Zongbin
Hou Zongbin | |
|---|---|
| 侯宗宾 | |
 | |
| Party Secretary of Henan | |
| In office March 1990 – December 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Yang Xizong |
| Succeeded by | Li Changchun |
| Governor of Shaanxi | |
| In office September 1987 – March 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Zhang Boxing |
| Succeeded by | Bai Qingcai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1929 Nanhe County, Hebei, China |
| Died | 14 November 2017 (aged 88) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Hou Zongbin (Chinese: 侯宗宾; January 1929 – 14 November 2017) was a Chinese politician. He served as Governor of Shaanxi from 1987 to 1990, as Party Secretary of Henan Province from 1990 to 1992, and as Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection from 1992 to 1998.[1][2]
Biography
Hou Zongbin was born in
After 1953 he worked in
In 1987, Hou was appointed Deputy Party Secretary and Acting Governor of the neighbouring Shaanxi Province, and became Governor in January 1988.[3] On 22 April 1989, on the day of reformist leader Hu Yaobang's funeral, 40,000 students and citizens gathered in New City Square of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi. Hou arrived on the scene in the afternoon trying to control the situation, but a riot broke out in the evening when three or four hundred people burned down several buildings and cars. Hou was targeted by rumours, possibly started by native Shaanxi politicians resentful of his status as political outsider from out of province, that Hou was responsible for the riot.[4]
In March 1990, Hou became the Party Secretary of Henan Province. During the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October 1992, he was elected Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the anti-corruption organ of the CPC. In March 1998, he became Chair of the Internal Affairs and Judicial Committee of the 9th National People's Congress.[3]
Hou was a member of the 13th (1982–1987) and 14th (1987–1992) Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][3]
Retirement and death
After Hou retired in December 2003, he spent his time practicing Chinese calligraphy, and held several personal exhibitions of his works.[1]
In August 2017, Hou made a public statement in support of Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign. He died on 14 November 2017 in Beijing, aged 88. He was buried at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "中纪委原副书记侯宗宾逝世". Phoenix News (in Chinese). 19 November 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-521-58819-5.
- ^ a b c d "Hou Zongbin". People's Daily (in Chinese). 15 November 2002. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-317-45514-1.
- ^ "中纪委原副书记侯宗宾逝世，曾任陕西省长、河南省委书记_中国政库_澎湃新闻-The Paper". 澎湃新闻 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-01-21.