Hu Deping

{{Short description|Chinese politician}}

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Hu Deping ({{zh|c=胡德平|p=Hú Dépíng}}; born November 1942) is a Chinese politician and former vice chairman of All-China General Chamber of Industry & Commerce, Secretary of National Association of Industry and Commerce (under the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party),{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Democracy-does-not-mean-catering-to-West-China/230475/|title=Democracy does not mean catering to West: China|date=20 October 2007|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=7 January 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011075259/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Democracy-does-not-mean-catering-to-West-China/230475/|archivedate=11 October 2012}} former chairman of China-Africa Business Council. He is the eldest son of late Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang.{{cite web| title = 回忆父亲胡耀邦(十)| url = http://news.163.com/05/1208/11/24EQ8C7R00011ND3.html| access-date = 2015-07-23| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160103003106/http://news.163.com/05/1208/11/24EQ8C7R00011ND3.html| archive-date = 2016-01-03| url-status = dead}}

Hu is a well-regarded economist in mainland China. In the 1970s, Hu Deping was largely responsible for restoring archaeology as an academic discipline after its destruction in the Cultural Revolution. He is an acknowledged expert on the classic 18th century novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

After departing from politics, Hu served as the chair of the National Cao Xueqin Foundation. Served as the chairman of the country's leading environmental NGO, the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation since 2008,China Biodiversity Conservation And Green Development Foundation Hu is famous for his green development theory called "Green Locomotive". He believes that China's rapid growth in recent years was based on high energy consumption, excessive pollution, high emission and low efficiency. He urges the country to focus on sustainable development, what is called "Building a Green Locomotive for China", to enable the country to lead the global economy. Hu Deping is also known as the founding chairman of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}