Wu Lengxi (December 14, 1919 - June 16, 2002) was a vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of CCP, minister of National Radio and Television, and party secretary of Guangdong Province.
A native of Xinhui County, Guangdong Province, Wu entered the Yan’an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in 1937 and joined the CCP the following year. From 1939 to 1964 he served as editor of the CCP weekly magazine *Jiefang (Liberation)*, editor and director of CCP newspaper *Jiefang Ribao (Liberation Daily)*, editor-in-chief and director of Xinhua News Agency, editor-in-chief of CCP’s flagship newspaper *People's Daily*, and vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CCP.
During the Cultural Revolution, Wu was suspended from his position and persecuted for failing to lead the *People's Daily* in cooperating with the Cultural Revolution propaganda. He was reinstated in his position in 1972, and later led the editing and publication of Mao Zedong's writings and served as a researcher of the State Council. In April 1980, he became the party secretary of Guangdong Province, where he concurrently served as a vice director of the Party Literature Research Center of the Central Committee of the CCP. In April 1982, Wu became the head and party secretary of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television. He retired in 1998. On June 16, 2002, he passed away in Beijing.
Wu wrote and published *Recalling Chairman Mao-Several Fragments of Major Historical Events I Have Personally Experienced*, *Ten Years of War: A Memoir of Sino-Soviet Relations 1956-1966*, and *New Explorations, the Rectification and the Anti-Rightist Campaign (A Memoirs by Wu Lengxi)*.
A native of Xinhui County, Guangdong Province, Wu entered the Yan’an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in 1937 and joined the CCP the following year. From 1939 to 1964 he served as editor of the CCP weekly magazine *Jiefang (Liberation)*, editor and director of CCP newspaper *Jiefang Ribao (Liberation Daily)*, editor-in-chief and director of Xinhua News Agency, editor-in-chief of CCP’s flagship newspaper *People's Daily*, and vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CCP.
During the Cultural Revolution, Wu was suspended from his position and persecuted for failing to lead the *People's Daily* in cooperating with the Cultural Revolution propaganda. He was reinstated in his position in 1972, and later led the editing and publication of Mao Zedong's writings and served as a researcher of the State Council. In April 1980, he became the party secretary of Guangdong Province, where he concurrently served as a vice director of the Party Literature Research Center of the Central Committee of the CCP. In April 1982, Wu became the head and party secretary of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television. He retired in 1998. On June 16, 2002, he passed away in Beijing.
Wu wrote and published *Recalling Chairman Mao-Several Fragments of Major Historical Events I Have Personally Experienced*, *Ten Years of War: A Memoir of Sino-Soviet Relations 1956-1966*, and *New Explorations, the Rectification and the Anti-Rightist Campaign (A Memoirs by Wu Lengxi)*.
