He Shuheng

He Shuheng 何叔衡
He Shuheng in young age
Personal details
Born	(1876-05-07)7 May 1876 Ningxiang, Hunan, China
Died	24 February 1935(1935-02-24) (aged 58) Changting, Fujian, China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China

He Shuheng (Chinese: 何叔衡; 1876–1935) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary. His hometown was Ningxiang, Hunan province. He won the 'scholar of Qing Dynasty' from Hunan provincial first normal school. He was a foundation member of the Xinmin Society (a revolutionary group). He also was a member of the Changsha Communist Group.

In 1914, He Shuheng made the acquaintance of Mao Zedong and became the best of friends in Changsha, Hunan. They were classmate in the first Hunan Normal University.

In April, 1918, He Shuheng and Mao Zedong organized the Xinmin Institute in Changsha and acted as the official of the executive committee.

In 1920, He Shuheng launched into the organization of the Russian Study Institute with Mao Zedong, and they founded a precursor organisation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) together.

In July, 1921, He Shuheng attended the first National Congress of the CPC in Shanghai. After the congress, He Shuheng became a member of the CPC’s Hunan committee. During the first cooperation between Kuomintang (KMT) and CPC, He Shuheng was a member of the KMT’s executive committee and supervision committee of the KMT's local party in Hunan. In 1927, He Shuheng went to Shanghai. After the April 12 Incident, He Shuheng established a print factory, secretly, for the CPC in Changsha.

He Shuheng went to Russia to attend the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China in April 1928. Hé enter into Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, and studied in a special class with Xu Teli, Wu Yuzhang, Dong Biwu, Lin Boqu during September.

Afterwards, He Shuheng went back to China in July 1930. He Shuheng took charge of the National Huji Institute and organized the rescue of arrested comrades and to transfer comrades to safe places.