Qin Fuquan (1929-2008), a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, was the nephew of Bo Gu (Qin Bangxian). In order to raise funds for the Eighth Route Army during the second Sino-Japanese War, Qin's father, Qin Bangli, went to Hong Kong in 1938 to set up Liow & Co. (the predecessor of the China Resources Group), which was responsible for storing and transporting supplies and funds raised overseas, and Qin went with him; he was admitted to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 1948, when Qin’s father secretly sent a group of China Democratic League members to mainland China to prepare for the establishment of the Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Qin went with the group to Harbin. In 1950, Qin joined the Chinese Air Force and worked at the Air Force Engineering Department. In 1958, Qin was labeled a Rightist and assigned to work as a farmer in the Great Northern wilderness after demobilization. During the Cultural Revolution, he was also labeled an "Escaped Rightist" and was exiled to work in a farm. He was released in 1973 and then worked in an agricultural machinery factory and a diesel engine factory etc., retiring in 1989 and died in Beijing in 2008.
Qin wrote *Bo Gu and Mao Zedong - and the Leaders of the Chinese Soviet Republic*，in which he describes some important historical points in the early days of the Chinese Communist Party, the various activities among the top leaders of the CCP, such as Mao Zedong, and their relationships through the narratives and circumstantial testimonies of a number of knowledgeable people.
Qin wrote *Bo Gu and Mao Zedong - and the Leaders of the Chinese Soviet Republic*，in which he describes some important historical points in the early days of the Chinese Communist Party, the various activities among the top leaders of the CCP, such as Mao Zedong, and their relationships through the narratives and circumstantial testimonies of a number of knowledgeable people.
