# Hu Angang

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Economics professor at Tsinghua University

In this [Chinese name](/source/Chinese_name), the [family name](/source/Chinese_surname) is *[Hu](/source/Hu_(surname))*.

Hu Angang 胡鞍钢 Born (1953-04-27) 27 April 1953 (age 73) Alma mater Tangshan Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Chinese Academy of Sciences Organization(s) School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University Movement Chinese nationalism, Chinese New Left

**Hu Angang** ([simplified Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 胡鞍钢; [traditional Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 胡鞍鋼; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Hú Āngāng*) is an [economics](/source/Economics) professor at [Tsinghua University](/source/Tsinghua_University). He is a proponent of China's state-owned enterprises and is sometimes described as part of China's New Left.

## Biography

Hu Angang was born on 27 April 1953.[1]: 303 He is named for the state-owned enterprise [Anshan Iron & Steel](/source/Ansteel_Group) (Angang), where his father was an engineer.[1]: 303

He is a professor in the [School of Public Policy & Management](/source/School_of_Public_Policy_and_Management_at_Tsinghua_University) at [Tsinghua University](/source/Tsinghua_University) as well as Director of the Center for China Study at Tsinghua-CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences).[2]

Hu received his master's degree at [Beijing University of Science and Technology](/source/Beijing_University_of_Science_and_Technology) in 1984. He received his PhD in [Engineering](/source/Engineering) at the [Chinese Academy of Sciences](/source/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences) in 1988.[3][4]

## Political and economic positions

Hu position is that the Chinese socialist system is superior to other systems. In a July 2011 article for the *People's Forum*, Hu wrote that: "The CPC has always adhered to the mass line, rooting itself among the people in order to make democratic decisions. This is manifested in the superiority of the socialist policy-making system with Chinese characteristics. This policy-making system is based on the mass line of the Party, that is from the masses, to the masses and putting into practice what has been learned from practice."[5]

Hu is also a proponent of [China's state-owned enterprises](/source/State-owned_enterprises_of_China) (SOEs) writing that they are the backbone of national growth in China.[6] Hu's view is that SOEs are the most important Chinese representatives in global market competition and that they "genuinely embody the national, political and organizational advantages of socialism. This is their main difference from capitalist enterprises."[1]: 303 In an op-ed for the *[People's Daily](/source/People's_Daily)* Hu wrote: "The Western corporate culture emphasizes individualism, while the State-owned enterprise culture focuses more on harmony and collectivism. A good business model not only creates material wealth, but also creates spiritual wealth. Chinese corporate culture reflects this spiritual wealth, which in turn is a form of internal and external soft power. China, being a huge economy, needs large, internationally competitive State-owned enterprises. This is the only way that China can ensure that its enterprises enjoy a strong position amid fierce international competition."[6] His advocacy of China's SOEs has led HU to be described as part of the [Chinese New Left](/source/Chinese_New_Left).[7] This puts him at odds with Chinese former Premier [Li Keqiang](/source/Li_Keqiang) who favors reducing State intervention in the economy and has said that the Government should reduce its role in the economy even if doing so feels "like cutting one's wrist."[8]

In 2012 Hu co-wrote a paper calling for the forcible assimilation of ethnic [Uighurs](/source/Uyghurs) in Xinjiang in an effort to create a standardized Chinese "state-race."[9] Although this hard line policy was initially criticized within China it later gained popularity as a policy proposal.[9]

Hu is known in China for his strong support of [socialism](/source/Socialism) and the [Chinese Communist Party](/source/Chinese_Communist_Party). In July 2013 he wrote an op-ed for *[People's Daily](/source/People's_Daily)* stating: "Compared with the civil society in the West, the people's society is superior... it is a great made-in-China innovation in theory and practice." He went on to say that "[t]he people's society is a socialist society under the leadership of the Communist Party."[10] This drew strong criticism within China from social media sites and Chinese academics such as [Yu Jianrong](/source/Yu_Jianrong).

In August 2018 he was criticised in an open letter written by Tsinghua University alumni calling for the university to fire Hu. The letter accused him of using "self-serving criteria" in his research so as to exaggerate claims of China's greatness. The letter states that Hu espoused an exaggerated sense of national superiority and [overt nationalism](/source/Chinese_nationalism) that, according to the letter, harms [China's foreign relations](/source/Foreign_relations_of_China) whilst also misleading the public.[11]

## See also

- [Maoism](/source/Maoist)

- [New Left](/source/New_Left)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:Hirata_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:Hirata_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:Hirata_1-2) Hirata, Koji (2024). *Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism*. Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China series. New York, NY: [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-009-38227-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-009-38227-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["IAS Full-Time Faculty: HU Angang"](http://www.waseda.jp/asianstudies/en/news/ias/01.html), Organization for Asian Studies, Waseda University website, accessed October 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-lexisnexis.com_3-0)** "Angang Hu." The Complete Marquis Who's Who. 23rd ed. 2007. LexisNexis Academic.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hu_Angang_Biography_4-0)** ["Biography"](http://www.mecop.eco.unisi.ch/cv-hu.pdf) (PDF). UNjobs Association of Geneva. Retrieved 31 July 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["China's Rise Is Rooted in the Superiorities of Its System _ Qiushi Journal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120513135033/http://english.qstheory.cn/abstracts/201204/t20120401_149171.htm). *english.qstheory.cn*. Archived from [the original](http://english.qstheory.cn/abstracts/201204/t20120401_149171.htm) on 13 May 2012.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_6-1) ["Backbone for further development|Op-Ed Contributors|chinadaily.com.cn"](http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2013-07/12/content_16765782.htm). *usa.chinadaily.com.cn*. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Mierzejewski, Dominik (31 March 2009). ["'Not to Oppose but to Rethink' The New Left Discourse on the Chinese Reforms"](http://koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO200918067804371.page). *Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia*. **8** (1): 15–29. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.17477/jcea.2009.8.1.015](https://doi.org/10.17477%2Fjcea.2009.8.1.015). Retrieved 20 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["China's new premier Li Keqiang 'to cut state control over economy'"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/9936059/Chinas-new-premier-Li-Keqiang-to-cut-state-control-over-economy.html). 17 March 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_9-1) ["Fear and oppression in Xinjiang: China's war on Uighur culture"](https://www.ft.com/content/48508182-d426-11e9-8367-807ebd53ab77). *Financial Times*. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Leading leftist academic mocked over 'Maoist' op-ed"](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1286519/leading-leftist-academic-mocked-over-maoist-op-ed). 20 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Huang, Cary (4 August 2018). ["Academic Hu Angang under fire for claiming China has overtaken US as world power"](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2158054/chinas-social-media-users-call-sacking-triumphalist). *[South China Morning Post](/source/South_China_Morning_Post)*. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

## External links

[Scholia](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia) has a profile for [**Hu Angang (Q5924632)**](https://iw.toolforge.org/scholia/Q5924632).

- Hu Angang Biography [\[1\]](http://www.mecop.eco.unisi.ch/cv-hu.pdf)

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