Hu was a powerful provincial official in home-province Hunan and was a close ally of Zhou Benshun.
[1] Under the influence of his power, his son Hu Xiongjie [zh] became a billionaire with eight companies, involving finance, real estate, engineering and other aspects.
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.
His son Hu Xiongjie [zh] has eight companies in Hunan, involving finance, real estate, engineering and other aspects.
[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.