| Office1: | Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | ||||||
| Term Start1: | 1993 | ||||||
| Term End1: | 1998 | ||||||
| Lu Maozeng | |||||||
| Native Name: | 陆懋曾 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Date: | December 1928 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Death Place: | Jinan, Shandong, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
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Lu Maozeng (; December 1928 – 21 July 2022) was a Chinese wheat breeding expert and politician who served as chairman of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1993 to 1998.[1] [2] [3]
He was a representative of the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] [2] He was an alternate member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] [2] [3]
Lu was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, in December 1928.[1] [2] [3] His grandfather Lu Xiaobo was an industrialist.[3] He graduated from the University of Nanking in 1950.[1] [2]
He entered the workforce in March 1950, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1953.[1] [2] He worked at the Shandong Provincial Agricultural Sciences Academy for a long time.[2] [3]
Between 1966 and 1969, during the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.[2] He was reinstated in October 1969 and continued to work at the Shandong Provincial Agricultural Sciences Academy.[2]
He was appointed deputy party secretary of Shandong in March 1983, concurrently serving as vice president and honorary president of Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Association.[1] [2] [3] In March 1989, he became vice chairman and party group secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, rising to chairman in October 1993.[1] [2] He also served as president of Shandong Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.[1] [2] He retired in December 2003.[2]
On 22 July 2022, he died of an illness in Jinan, Shandong, at the age of 93.[1] [2]
Lu was engaged in wheat breeding and high-yield cultivation research for a long time, and cooperated with others to select and promote 21 excellent wheat varieties, including "Mount Tai 1" and "Jinan 2".[1] [3]