Hu Fuming

Hu Fuming (; July 1935 – 2 January 2023) was a Chinese scholar and politician.

Life Fuming was born in Wuxi County, which was then part of the Republic of China, in July 1935. In September 1955, he studied journalism at Peking University. He sent the article to Guangming Daily in September 1977, and then afterward spent more time studying and improving the writing of it before officially publishing it with Guangming Daily on 11 May. It had also been published on 10 May in Theoretical Dyanmics (理论动态), an internal journal of the Central Paty School, alongside Xinhua News Agency.

This publication was noteworthy in connection to the Boluan Fanzheng era. It triggered a debate on the criterion of truth, and rejected the slogan "Two Whatevers" in the country and promoted intellectual freedom.

In November 1982, Fuming became the Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, before being appointed Minister in 1985.

In 1987, he became vice chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

On 18 December 2018, he was awarded the title of Pioneer of Reform.

Fuming died on 2 January 2023, at the age of 87, from COVID-19. He resided in Nanjing at Ma'anshan Road. He was also a regular smoker by the end of his life.