Lu Zifen

Lu joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1938. In the early 1940s, he served in the First Branch of the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University, holding positions such as battalion commander and deputy commander. In 1944, he was assigned to the industrial and commercial sectors in Binhai, Shandong, where he served as general manager and deputy director of regional bureaus. In October 1949, Lu transferred to Xiamen, where he became director of the Municipal Trade Bureau and the military representative for customs.^[2] From May 1951, he held a series of provincial economic posts, including Deputy General Manager of the Fujian Provincial Trade Corporation, deputy director and Director of the Provincial Commerce Department, Director of the Provincial Finance and Trade Office, and Deputy Minister of the Provincial Department of Finance and Trade.^[3][4]

In October 1971, Lu was transferred to the Jinjiang, serving as deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, Administrative Commissioner, and Deputy Secretary of the Jinjiang Prefectural CCP Committee. In November 1979, he returned to Xiamen as First Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone Party Committee, and Director of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee.^[5] In April 1986, he was assigned to Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch to support China's reform and opening-up policies and economic preparations for the handover of Hong Kong.^[6][7]

Lu served as a delegate to the 6th National People's Congress, a member of the 3rd Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a Standing Committee member of the 2nd and 6th Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He also held advisory positions on the Fujian Provincial Advisory Committee and the Xiamen Committee for the Care of the Next Generation. Lu retired in September 1991. He died on February 20, 2007, at the age of 86.^[8]