Deng Hongxun

Deng Hongxun (; January 1931 – 21 December 2019) was a Chinese politician and engineer. He served as the Party Secretary of Hainan Province from June 1990 to January 1993, and prior to that, as CCP Committee Secretary of his native city Wuxi and Deputy Party Chief of Jiangsu Province. His tenure in Hainan was marked by his fierce clash with Governor Liu Jianfeng.

Early life and career Deng was born in January 1931 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1947 while a student at Kunshan High School, and participated in underground CCP activities. He entered Jiangnan University in 1949 and graduated in 1952 with a degree in industrial management and engineering.

After graduating from university, he was sent to Northeast China to work as an engineer and cadre, first at the Anshan Iron and Steel Company and after 1955, at the Benxi Iron and Steel. During the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to perform manual labour in Dafeng County, Jiangsu from 1967 to 1972. In June 1990, Deng was appointed Party Chief of Hainan to replace Xu, ostensibly because of his "rich experience in party and government leading positions" and "his familiarity with economic work", but it is commonly believed that his promotion was linked to his relationship with the central government leaders Jiang Zemin and Qiao Shi, the latter reportedly a close friend of his. He was an alternate member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 14th Central Committee.

Deng retired in April 1998. He died on 21 December 2019 in Wuxi, aged 88.