Chen Muhua
| Chen Muhua | |
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| 陈慕华 | |
| Chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation | |
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In office 1988–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Kang Keqing |
| Succeeded by | Peng Peiyun |
| Governor of the People's Bank of China | |
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In office 1985–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Lü Peijian |
| Succeeded by | Li Guixian |
| State Councilor of China | |
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In office 1982–1988 |
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| Premier | Zhao Ziyang |
| Vice Premier of China | |
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In office 1978–1982 |
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| Premier | Zhao Ziyang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1921 Qingtian County, Zhejiang, China |
| Died | 12 May 2011 (aged 90) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Spouse(s) | Zhong Yi |
| Children | 4 daughters |
Chen Muhua (Chinese: 陈慕华; 1921 – 12 May 2011) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who served as Vice Premier, State Councilor, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, Commissioner of the National Family Planning Commission, Governor of the People's Bank of China, and Chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation. She was an alternate member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, one of the few women to have entered China's top decision-making body.
Chen Muhua was born in 1921 in Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province, during the Republic of China period. Her uncle was a Kuomintang air force official who helped her complete high school education, but she was sympathetic to the Communist cause and went to Yan'an, the wartime base of the Communists, in 1938, after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. She told her mother that she would return in six months, but was unable to go home until the end of the war in 1945, when her mother had already died.
Chen studied military science at the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University in Yan'an, and joined the Communist Party of China. Her teachers included Zhu De, Chen Yun, and Otto Braun (known in China as "Li De"). During the Yan'an Rectification Movement, she was subject to constant investigation because of her Kuomintang uncle, despite being pregnant. She was forced to give away her daughter when she was born in 1943. The investigation ended only with the intervention of Zhou Enlai. During the Chinese Civil War, she worked a number of jobs in the Rehe Military Region.
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