Wu Yuzhang


Wu Yuzhang was a Chinese politician, educator, and president of Renmin University of China from 1950 to 1966.

Biography

Wu Yuzhang was born in Rong County, Sichuan in 1878. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1925. In the 1940s, when he was in Yan'an, he and Dong Biwu, Lin Boqu, Xu Teli, Xie Juezai were called as Yan'an Five Seniors.

Legacy

, an honors college within Sichuan University, was named in honor of Wu Yuzhang.