12 Facts About Ni Zhifu

Ni Zhifu was a Chinese engineer, inventor, and high-ranking politician.

Ni Zhifu was not close to the Gang of Four, and for that reason his career continued to rise when the Gang fell at the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976.

Ni Zhifu became a full member of the Politburo, and served as Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Shanghai municipality, Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, Party Chief of Tianjin municipality, and Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress.

Ni Zhifu was born in Shanghai in May 1933, and became an apprentice at Shanghai Detai Factory in 1950.

Ni Zhifu joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1958 and was named a national "model worker" in 1959.

Ni Zhifu was promoted to deputy chief engineer of the 618 Factory in 1965, and later chief engineer.

Ni Zhifu served as a party secretary and a deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee of Beijing from 1973 to 1976.

Ni Zhifu was believed to be closer to the Communist Party bureaucrats than the Gang of Four, and likely tried to check the influence of the Gang in the capital's militia and trade union, which were both under his charge.

Ni Zhifu was made the Second Party Secretary of Shanghai.

Ni Zhifu was then transferred back to Beijing in 1977 to serve as the capital's Second Party Secretary.

Ni Zhifu served as the ACFTU chairman for three consecutive terms until 1993, and was re-elected to the 12th Politburo in 1982.

Ni Zhifu was elected to the CCP Central Committee for seven consecutive terms, from the 9th CC in 1969 until the end of the 15th CC in 2002.