Hsu Tzu-jung

1908

China

Soon after the establishment of the government in the fall of 1949, Hsu received two apointments, being described at the time as a former PLA political commissar. In December 1949 he was named as director of the Personnel Affairs Bureau in the Ministry of Public Security. He held the personnel appointment until 1951. In January 1950 Hsu was made concurrently the director of the Staff Office of the same ministry, holding this post until at least mid-1952. Then, in April 1952, he was promoted to the position of vice-minister of Public Security, serving under Lo Jui-ch’ing until 1959 and under Hsieh Fu-chih thereafter. As of 1965, only Vice-minister Yang Ch’i-ch’ing had served as long as Hsu in this important ministry. During the period from 1952 until the constitutional government was inaugurated in the fall of 1954, Hsu served on three special shortterm committees under the jurisdiction of the Government Administration Council (the cabinet). In February 1952 he became one of the nine members of the Committee for the Management of Production of Government Offices, a group headed by Li Fu-ch’un, in July of the same year he was named to serve as a member of a committee charged with the task of dealing with problems of unemployment. And in January 1953 he was appointed a member of a newly established committee to implement the Marriage Law, a statute that had come into force in May 1950. From the inauguration of the constitutional government in 1954, Hsu has served in the chief legislative body, the NPC. He was elected as a deputy from Honan to the First NPC (1954-1959) and was re-elected to serve in the Second NPC (1959-1964). Under the Second NPC he was also a member of the permanent Bills Committee. He was once again elected to the Third NPC as a deputy from Honan, and when the First Session was held in December 1964-January 1965 he was not only reappointed to the Bills Committee but was also elevated to the NPC Standing Committee, the important body that manages the affairs of the Congress between the annual sessions. From 1959 to 1964 he also held a seat in the quasi-legislative CPPCG. When the Third National Committee of the CPPCC was formed in April 1959, Hsu served as a representative of the CCP and was selected for membership on the Standing Committee of the CPPCC. He was not, however, re-elected to the Fourth National Committee, which first met in late 1964. Recognition for his work was given in September 1956 at the Eighth Party Congress when he was elected an alternate member of the Party Central Committee. He received another important post in August 1965 when he was named as a deputy director of the Internal Affairs Office of the State Council. This Office is presumed to coordinate the activities of all ministries, commissions, and bureaus of the central government engaged in security work. The importance of this office is suggested by the fact that it is headed by Public Security Minister Hsieh Fu-chih.

Hsu Tzu-jung

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Hsu served with this army as political commissar of the First Brigade of the First Column, a unit under the Central Plains Military Area. This was in the Hupeh-Honan border area.

Career

Soon after the establishment of the government in the fall of 1949, Hsu received two apointments, being described at the time as a former PLA political commissar. In December 1949 he was named as director of the Personnel Affairs Bureau in the Ministry of Public Security. He held the personnel appointment until 1951. In January 1950 Hsu was made concurrently the director of the Staff Office of the same ministry, holding this post until at least mid-1952. Then, in April 1952, he was promoted to the position of vice-minister of Public Security, serving under Lo Jui-ch’ing until 1959 and under Hsieh Fu-chih thereafter. As of 1965, only Vice-minister Yang Ch’i-ch’ing had served as long as Hsu in this important ministry.

During the period from 1952 until the constitutional government was inaugurated in the fall of 1954, Hsu served on three special shortterm committees under the jurisdiction of the Government Administration Council (the cabinet). In February 1952 he became one of the nine members of the Committee for the Management of Production of Government Offices, a group headed by Li Fu-ch’un, in July of the same year he was named to serve as a member of a committee charged with the task of dealing with problems of unemployment. And in January 1953 he was appointed a member of a newly established committee to implement the Marriage Law, a statute that had come into force in May 1950.

From the inauguration of the constitutional government in 1954, Hsu has served in the chief legislative body, the NPC. He was elected as a deputy from Honan to the First NPC (1954-1959) and was re-elected to serve in the Second NPC (1959-1964). Under the Second NPC he was also a member of the permanent Bills Committee. He was once again elected to the Third NPC as a deputy from Honan, and when the First Session was held in December 1964-January 1965 he was not only reappointed to the Bills Committee but was also elevated to the NPC Standing Committee, the important body that manages the affairs of the Congress between the annual sessions. From 1959 to 1964 he also held a seat in the quasi-legislative CPPCG. When the Third National Committee of the CPPCC was formed in April 1959, Hsu served as a representative of the CCP and was selected for membership on the Standing Committee of the CPPCC. He was not, however, re-elected to the Fourth National Committee, which first met in late 1964.

Recognition for his work was given in September 1956 at the Eighth Party Congress when he was elected an alternate member of the Party Central Committee. He received another important post in August 1965 when he was named as a deputy director of the Internal Affairs Office of the State Council. This Office is presumed to coordinate the activities of all ministries, commissions, and bureaus of the central government engaged in security work. The importance of this office is suggested by the fact that it is headed by Public Security Minister Hsieh Fu-chih.

Politics

Probably because of the nature of his work, Hsu’s activities have never received much atten¬tion from the national press. On occasion he has served on committees to mark some special holiday or event; for example, he was a member of the Preparatory Committee established in September 1959 to celebrate the 10th anniver¬sary of the PRC. In addition, he is sometimes reported in the company of the most senior leaders of the regime. He was present in June 1964, for example, when Mao Tse-tung received delegates to a conference of public security spe¬cialists. However, the small number of public appearances is not a reliable guide to his impor¬tance. Apart from his membership on the Party Central Committee, he has also been the ranking vice-minister in the Ministry of Public Security since the major governmental reorganization in September 1959.

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