1. Qu Wu was a Chinese military officer and politician, who most notably served as chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, deputy secretary-general of the National People's Congress, deputy secretary-general of the Central People's Government and vice chairman of the Committee of Foreign Cultural Relations.
Qu Wu, who was only 13 years old, joined the ranks of the insurgents.
In February 1914, Qu Wu went to Huashan Academy to study.
Qu Wu begged Guo Xiren to take him in, and Guo Xiren agreed to subsidize him to complete his studies there.
Qu Wu then studied political science at Peking University, where he was a leader of the student movement at the Peking University Student Union.
In 1927 the partnership between Nationalists and Communists collapsed because of the Shanghai Massacre; Qu Wu did not approve of the actions of Chiang Kai-shek and he decided to remain in the Soviet Union.
Qu Wu was released in 1937 and immediately volunteered to serve in China, after Japan invaded.
Qu Wu's request was approved and he returned to China in 1938, arriving in Chongqing, where he lived in Yu Youren's home.
Qu Wu saw the news at "Xinhua Daily" and decided to go to Zhou Enlai.
Qu Wu said to Zhou that he, like Liu Bocheng and Zuo Quan, had studied military affairs in the Soviet Union.
Zhou Enlai persuaded Qu Wu to stay outside the Chinese Communist Party and instead engage in united front work.
Soon, Qu Wu was appointed the Chief of the Military Advisory Affairs Office of the Nationalist Government Military Affairs Commission and a major general in charge of military liaison with the Soviet Union.
Since then, Qu Wu was elected to the KMT Legislative Yuan, and served as the Secretary-General of the Sino-Soviet Cultural Association.
In March 1944, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly summoned Qu Wu and ordered him to assume the office of Director of the Shaanxi Provincial Construction Department.
Ching-kuo advised him to go Shaanxi temporarily, and explained that his father had received reports that Qu Wu had illegal contact with Soviet military attaches and "suspicious communications" with Communists.
Qu Wu had to leave Chongqing for Xi'an, Shaanxi, and became a member of the Shaanxi Provincial Government and Director of the Construction Department of Shaanxi Province.
Qu Wu participated in that meeting and had a long talk with Mao Zedong.
From 1946 to 1949, Qu Wu served as the mayor of Dihua in Xinjiang, appointed by Chiang Kai-shek, and was the last Mayor of Dihua in the Republic of China, before peacefully surrendering the city to the Communists, with whom he had long been in secret contact and understanding.
Qu Wu was appointed a member of the Northwest China Military and Political Committee.
In 1952, Qu Wu joined the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.
Qu Wu immediately became a target of criticism by the Red Guards.
Qu Wu resolutely denied the charges and was thus identified as a "stubborn reactionary" and suffered a lot of torture.
Qu Wu wrote a letter to Zhou Enlai, asking Zhou Enlai to rescue him and the other detainees.
Mao approved, and Qu Wu went directly from the prison to a state banquet, ending 6 years and 1 month of prison life.
In October 1979, the Fifth National Congress of the RCCK was held, and Qu Wu was elected as the vice chairman.
In 1981, Qu Wu served as the Executive Vice Chairman of the RCCK.
In June 1983, Qu Wu was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In February 1987, at the Second Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the RCCK, Qu Wu was elected as the Chairman of the RCCK.
At that time, Qu Wu was already 90 years old, and at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee in December 1987, he formally resigned as chairman.
On January 1,1988, Qu Wu was promoted to honorary chairman of the RCCK.
Qu Wu was a representative of the first, second and fifth National People's Congress, a member of the Standing Committee of the third, fourth, and fifth CPPCC National Committees, and vice chairman of the sixth and seventh CPPCC National Committees.
In 1984, Qu Wu became the president of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association.
Qu Wu was an honorary consultant of the Sun Yat-sen Research Association.
The next day, Qu Wu sent a telegram of condolences to his widow Jiang Fangliang, expressing his condolences to Chiang Ching-kuo.
On June 13,1992, Qu Wu died in Beijing at the age of 94.