Hu Chunhua

Hu Chunhua (Chinese: 胡春华; born April 1963) is a Chinese politician. Hu currently serves as a Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 2023. From 2012 to 2022, Hu served as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He also served as Vice Premier of China from 2018 to 2023. 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 following the 3rd term general secretaryship of Xi Jinping, 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 former Premier of China Li Keqiang.