Wu Zhipu

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Wu Zhipu (Chinese: 吴芝圃) (1906–1967) was the first CPC governor of Henan and CPC Committee Secretary of Henan. He was born in Henan.

Wu pressured his subordinates to harvest grain well in excess of official quotas during the Great Leap Forward, claiming 450 million jin was produced in 1958 when in reality villagers only harvested 281 million jin.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ralph Thaxton (2008). Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China: Mao's Great Leap Forward Famine and the Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village. Cambridge University Press. p. 194.
Political offices
New title Governor of Henan
1949–1962
Succeeded by
Preceded by Communist Party Chief of Henan
1958
Succeeded by