Jin Zhaodian
Jin Zhaodian (1912 – December 11, 2000, Chinese: 金昭典), born in Jiajiawan Village, Zhaohe Township, Huang’an County, Hubei Province (now Hong’an), was a Chinese politician. He served as the Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Vice Governor of Fujian Province.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Jin Zhaodian joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1928 and the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1929, serving successively as a publicity team member of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Division and a communications squad leader.[3] During his time in the Red Fourth Front Army, he held positions such as treasurer and head of general affairs in both the general and branch hospitals. In 1935, he joined the Chinese Communist Party and participated in the Long March. In 1936, he was transferred to the Red Second Front Army’s training regiment and served as a party branch committee member.[4][5]
After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Jin was assigned to Xing County, Shanxi Province, where he organized youth to join the army and served as a new recruits battalion commander and political commissar. He also mobilized the masses and built local militias. He later served as a county committee member, military chief, acting county party secretary, and armed minister of the county's wartime mobilization council. Starting in 1939, he worked in the Social Work Department of the CCP's Northwest Shanxi Regional Committee and later in the Jin-Sui Public Security Bureau, serving as chief of investigation, cadre section chief, and director of the first office.[6]
In 1947, he led land reform efforts in Lin County, Shanxi, and served as the leader of the land reform working group and party secretary of Linxiang County. In 1949, he was appointed director of the Public Security Department of the Northwest and Southern Shanxi administrative offices and joined the Southward Working Committee. He was tasked with forming public security leadership teams and proceeded south with the army to take over operations in Beichuan, Western Sichuan, and Xikang.[7]
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Jin served as a standing committee member of the CCP Xikang Provincial Committee, director of the Provincial Public Security Department, and vice chairman of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference. In 1952, at the invitation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, he was appointed by the CCP Central Committee to lead a public security advisory group to Vietnam. In 1956, he was transferred to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, serving successively as director of the Financial and Trade Inspection Department, director of the General Office, and secretary general.[8][9]
During the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to the May Seventh Cadre School for re-education. In October 1975, he was appointed Secretary of the Secretariat of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Vice Chairman of the Fujian Revolutionary Committee.[10] After the downfall of the “Gang of Four,” he served as secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and Vice Governor of Fujian. In September 1982, he retired from frontline leadership and became a provincial advisor and member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.[1] He officially retired in December 1990.[11][12]
Jin died on December 11, 2000, at the age of 88.[6]
References
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- ^ 漳州青年运动史 (in Chinese). 厦门大学出版社. 1992. p. 153. ISBN 978-7-5615-0487-1. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ a b 新华月报 (in Chinese). 人民出版社. 2001. p. 178. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ 唐健 (1992). 红安县志 (in Chinese). Shanghai People's Press. p. 780. ISBN 978-7-208-01341-4. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ 福建省志 (in Chinese). 福建人民出版社. 1992. p. 25. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ 中国共产党党风廉政建设文献选编 (in Chinese). 中国方正出版社. 2001. p. 16. ISBN 978-7-80107-484-3. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ 展望 (in Chinese). 自聯出版社. 1978. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ 程敏 (1991). 中国共产党党员大辞典 (in Chinese). 中国国际广播出版社. p. 778. ISBN 978-7-80035-813-5. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ 中国共产党名人录 (in Chinese). 四川人民出版社. 1997. p. 1090. ISBN 978-7-220-02762-8. Retrieved 2025-06-11.