Hu Biao

He was born in Shaoyang County, Hunan, in May 1947.

Hu entered the workforce in August 1965, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in February 1966.[2]

He began his political career in Shaoyang and five years later was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Shaoyang Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.

In July 1979, he was transferred to southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region and appointed deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the Party Committee, but having held the position for only a year and a half.

In February 1981, he was transferred back to Shaoyang and appointed secretary general of both CPC Shaoyang Municipal Committee and Shaoyang Municipal People's Government. He was also a member of the standing committee of the CPC Shaoyang Municipal Committee. In December 1983, he rose to become vice mayor of Shaoyang. In February 1986, he was appointed deputy leader of the neighboring Huaihua city, and then party secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in January 1990.

In March 1993, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority, concurrently holding the secretary general position. In December 1996, he was elevated to deputy party secretary of Hunan. Hu became a close ally of Zhou Benshun. In 1999, his son Hu Xiongjie was introduced to Zhou Jing (周靖), son of Zhou Benshun. Since then, Hu Xiongjie and Zhou Jing began to expand their business empire in Hunan. In January 2003, he was promoted to chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body, serving in the post until January 2013.

His son Hu Xiongjie has eight companies in Hunan, involving finance, real estate, engineering and other aspects.[1] He is called by medias as "the Second Generation Richest Official in Hunan with a Fortune of One Billion" (身家10亿的湘省官二代首富).[1] On the afternoon of 24 July 2015, Hu Xiongjie was taken away by the Ministry of Public Security for investigation together with Zhou Jing at Xingsha Porsche Center in Changsha.[3]