Early life Fu enrolled to Secondary School in 1919 and went to Shanghai in 1921 to study French. During this period, he was affected by the
May Fourth Movement and by the winter of 1921, he joined the newly founded
Chinese Communist Party. After returning from Russia in 1930, he assisted
Zhou Enlai in Shanghai's personnel and military transport work and at the same time participated in the translation of the "Soviet Infantry Fighting Order" and "Soviet Political Work Regulations". During the
Long March in 1935, Fu was responsible for communal distribution and conducting preparatory work for combat. Upon
Zhang Guotao's attempt to set up an alternate communist base, Fu classified him as an "alternate member of the Politburo" but refused to work for his branch of the central committee. Following the rendezvous between the 4th Red and 2nd Red Armies in July 1937 he became the director for Central Committee Northwest Organization Department that was based in
Shaanbei. He was then appointed as the head of the political department in the
Counter-Japanese Military and Political University. Simultaneously, he put forward the "Political Army Reform Program" which was published alongside "Political Military Order" that involved key leaders such as
Zhu De,
Peng Dehuai and
Zuo Quan. In the spring of 1940, he issued orders for the Eighth Army to be involved in the communes and when he returned to Yan'an during winter, he was holding key positions such as being the deputy director of the
CMC's and the Joint Defense Forces' (based at Yan'an) Political Department. In 1945, he participated in the 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, receiving praise from
Mao Zedong for a speech regarding the unity of the party (增强党的团结，反对山头主义) at the meeting. In 1988 he was awarded with the
Honor Merit Medal of Red Star, first class. Fu died in
Beijing on 28 July 1989. He was praised by the CCP as "an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, an experienced and loyal proletarian revolutionary and our military's outstanding political work leader". ==References==