Nie Bichu

Nie Bichu
Nie Bichu
聂璧初
Chairman of Tianjin Municipal People's Congress
	In office; June 1993 – 1998
Preceded by	Wu Zhen [zh]
Succeeded by	Zhang Lichang
Acting Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin
	In office; February 1993 – March 1993
Preceded by	Tan Shaowen
Succeeded by	Gao Dezhan
Mayor of Tianjin
	In office; October 1989 – 20 June 1993
Preceded by	Li Ruihuan
Succeeded by	Zhang Lichang
Personal details
Born	2 January 1928; Tianjin, China
Died	20 April 2018 (aged 90); Tianjin, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Peiyang University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	聂璧初
Traditional Chinese	聶璧初
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Niè Bìchū

Nie Bichu (simplified Chinese: 聂璧初; traditional Chinese: 聶璧初; 2 January 1928 – 20 April 2018) was a Chinese politician. He served as the mayor and acting Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Tianjin.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Nie was born in Tianjin in 1928, with his ancestral home in Taoyuan County, Hunan. He studied at Yaohua School in Tianjin from 1935 to 1946, and graduated from Beiyang University (now Tianjin University) in 1950. He had four siblings, two of whom died early.^[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1948 and was a member of its 13th Central Committee.^[1]

Nie served as mayor of Tianjin from October 1989 to June 1993 and chairman of Tianjin Municipal People's Congress from June 1993 to May 1998. When Tan Shaowen, Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Tianjin, died in February 1993, Nie served as acting CCP Committee Secretary for a month before Gao Dezhan was appointed as Tan's replacement. In the early 1990s, he successfully lobbied the central government to allow Tianjin to implement housing reform after the example of Shanghai.^[2]

Nie died on 20 April 2018 at the age of 90.^[2]

Government offices
Preceded by Li Ruihuan	Mayor of Tianjin 1989–1993	Succeeded by Zhang Lichang
Party political offices
Preceded by Tan Shaowen	Acting Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin 1993	Succeeded by Gao Dezhan
Assembly seats
Preceded by Wu Zhen [zh]	Chairman of Tianjin Municipal People's Congress 1993–1998	Succeeded by Zhang Lichang