Huaxi is a "model socialist village", according to local officials, and was founded by local Communist Party secretary Wu Renbao in 1961. His foresight was to transform a poor farming community ...

A bird's-eye view of Huaxi Village, where a gilded pagoda at the village centre is surrounded by single-family 'villas' of exactly the same design. [newsphoto.com.cn] Wu Renbao is retiring.

The senior economic engineer was the former secretary of the CPC Jiangyin County Committee and secretary of the CPC Huaxi Village Committee. Wu Renbao [File photo] Now he serves as a permanent ...

Wu Renbao, the former celebrated leader of the richest village in China, died in his home of lung cancer on Monday at the age of 85. The former Party chief of Huaxi village in Jiangsu Province was ...

Wu Renbao, the Party chief of Huaxi Village, died of lung cancer on Monday, stirring up a debate over his dictatorial policies that created one of China’s leading rural economies.From Amy Li at ...

HUAXI, China -- -- HUAXI, China -- Wu Renbao saw the future of his little village long ago, and it worked. It worked so well that Huaxi has become the richest village in China. As a result ...

It has been nearly three years since the death of Wu Renbao, the "founding father" of Huaxi industries and secretary of the village for decades. Wu died in March 2013. Passing with him were the ...

Residents of Huaxi village in Jiangsu province file past the coffin of Wu Renbao, the village's retired chief. Wu, 85, helped the village become a symbol of economic expansion through a series of ...

Constrasting views were expressed on China’s social media on Tuesday after Wu Renbao, the retired Communist Party Chief of Huaxi, died of lung cancer on Monday at 85. Under Wu's leadership ...

Wu Renbao, retired Communist Party chief of the ... "He will be in our hearts forever," one villager said, with tears in her eyes. Huaxi is a model story for Chinese propaganda, showing how ...

Huaxi is a "model socialist village", according to local officials, and was founded by local Communist Party secretary Wu Renbao in 1961. His foresight was to transform a poor farming community ...