Wei Wenbo

[3] In the summer of 1933, Wei joined Feng Yuxiang's Counter-Japanese Army on the party's orders, serving as the Secretary of its Military Committee.

He actively promoted Mao Zedong's anti-Japanese national united front policy as the propaganda member of the Northeast Army Party Working Committee, and supported the Communists in the Xi'an Incident.

[3][4][5] In the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Wei organised preparations for resistance efforts against the invading Japanese forces as the Party Committee Secretary for Yingshan County within his native province after returning from Shaanxi.

Liu immediately appointed Wei who concurrently served as the Magistrate of Communist-controlled Dingyuan County and the Director of the Dingyuan-Fengyang-Chuxian Joint Administrative Office, making him the first leader of a county-level Anti-Japanese Democratic Government in China.

[4] In September 1941, Wei became both the Deputy Director and Party Group Secretary of the Office for Mutual Defence of the Areas West of the Tianjin–Pukou railway.

In May 1942, the first and second sessions of the Assembly were held, during which 9 decrees and 17 resolutions were passed, including the 'Interim Measures for Preferential Treatment of Families of Anti-Japanese Soldiers', thus increasing the unity and fervour of the Chinese resistance movement.

[5] It is reported that Minister of Justice Shi Liang personally led all the Directors of the Ministry to welcome Wei at the Beijing Railway Station upon hearing that an educated and experienced deputy had been sent to assist her.

Wei and Shi possessed a strong working relationship and sense of trust, and thus consulted each other frequently on all Ministry related matters.

[5][14] In 1967, Wei was completely ousted from power during the January Storm along with the rest of the Municipal Committee by the Gang of Four, leaving the East China Bureau defunct.

[3][15] By 1979, Wei was thoroughly rehabilitated by the party and resumed work by joining Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, serving as a Deputy Secretary (副书记) and Secretary-General (秘书长) starting from December 1978 before being appointed as the Minister of Justice in September of 1979.

[16] After retiring from his major posts in 1982, he was chosen to serve on the Central Advisory Commission (CAC) in October of 1983, and was invited to the 13th National Congress of the CCP.

His ashes were transferred to Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery,[5] though two other graves/memorials dedicated to him were erected in following years, one being in Shanghai's Qingpu district, and another in his hometown of Xinzhou which is currently designated by the Wuhan Government as an 'immovable cultural site'.

His works have been selected for major calligraphy exhibitions both in China and abroad (notably Japan) and have been published in newspapers and magazines many times.

Aside from founding the ECUPL, he also served as the President of the Shanghai Institute of Socialism and taught political courses at Fudan University's Department of Law in 1958.