12 Facts About Chen Pixian

Chen Pixian was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician.

Chen Pixian served in several prominent roles, including party chief of Shanghai and party chief of Hubei province.

Chen Pixian was purged at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution but was later rehabilitated.

Chen Pixian was born in Shanghang County, Fujian in 1916.

Chen Pixian joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1931.

Chen Pixian was transferred to Shanghai to work as the Fourth Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the East China Administrative Committee in 1952.

In 1967, Chen Pixian was ousted from power during the January Storm by radical elements led by Zhang Chunqiao.

Chen Pixian spent much of the Cultural Revolution in solitary confinement.

On September 9,1974, Chen Pixian wrote a letter to Mao in hopes of assigned a job, or to be released from isolation and participate in collective study, to no avail, due to Zhang and others' efforts to obstruct Chen Pixian's return to politics.

In July 1977, Chen Pixian's work was transferred to Hubei province.

Chen Pixian became a Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party in 1982, and was the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission from 1982 to 1985.

Chen Pixian died in Beijing on August 23,1995, aged 79.