Lu Maozeng

Lu Maozeng
Lu Maozeng
陆懋曾
Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
	In office; 1993–1998
Preceded by	Li Zichao [zh]
Succeeded by	Han Xikai [zh]
Personal details
Born	December 1928; Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
Died	21 July 2022 (aged 93); Jinan, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	陆懋曾
Traditional Chinese	陸懋曾
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lù Màozēng

Lu Maozeng (Chinese: 陆懋曾; December 1928 – 21 July 2022) was a Chinese wheat breeding expert and politician who served as chairman of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1993 to 1998.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He was a representative of the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]^[2] He was an alternate member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Lu was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, in December 1928.^[1]^[2]^[3] His grandfather Lu Xiaobo (陆小波) was an industrialist.^[3] He graduated from the University of Nanking in 1950.^[1]^[2]

Career

He entered the workforce in March 1950, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1953.^[1]^[2] He worked at the Shandong Provincial Agricultural Sciences Academy for a long time.^[2]^[3]

Between 1966 and 1969, during the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.^[2] He was reinstated in October 1969 and continued to work at the Shandong Provincial Agricultural Sciences Academy.^[2]

He was appointed deputy party secretary of Shandong in March 1983, concurrently serving as vice president and honorary president of Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Association.^[1]^[2]^[3] In March 1989, he became vice chairman and party group secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, rising to chairman in October 1993.^[1]^[2] He also served as president of Shandong Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.^[1]^[2] He retired in December 2003.^[2]

On 22 July 2022, he died of an illness in Jinan, Shandong, at the age of 93.^[1]^[2]

Contributions

Lu was engaged in wheat breeding and high-yield cultivation research for a long time, and cooperated with others to select and promote 21 excellent wheat varieties, including "Mount Tai 1" and "Jinan 2".^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (22 July 2022). 山东省政协原主席、小麦育种专家陆懋曾逝世. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ 陆懋曾同志逝世. qq.com (in Chinese). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 山东省政协原主席、小麦育种专家陆懋曾病逝. sina (in Chinese). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

Assembly seats
Preceded by Li Zichao [zh]	Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 1993–1998	Succeeded by Han Xikai [zh]