Hao Jianxiu | |
|---|---|
| 郝建秀 | |
 Hao Jianxiu in the 1950s | |
| Vice Chair of the State Planning Commission | |
| In office 1987–2001 | |
| Member of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office 1982–1987 | |
| Minister of Textile Industry | |
| In office 1981–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Qian Zhiguang |
| Succeeded by | Wu Wenying |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1935 (age 88) Qingdao, Shandong, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China East China Textile Engineering Institute |
Hao Jianxiu (Chinese: 郝建秀; Wade–Giles: Hao Chien-hsiu; born November 1935) is a retired Chinese politician. As an illiterate teenage textile worker, she was named a national model worker after inventing the "Hao Jianxiu Work Method".
She later graduated from university and was elevated to the upper echelon of Chinese politics, serving as Minister of Textile Industry in the 1980s. She then became a member of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party, thus officially ranked as a "national leader", and served as vice chair of the State Planning Commission. In the People's Republic of China, she was extolled as a symbol of the ideal worker who improves production through innovation, and her political career benefited as a result.[1]