Shao Hua
Born	Chen Anyun (1938-10-30)30 October 1938 Yan'an, Shaanxi, Republic of China
Died	24 June 2008(2008-06-24) (aged 69) Beijing, People's Republic of China
Alma mater	Peking University
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Mao Anqing
Children	Mao Xinyu
Parent(s)	Chen Zhenhua Zhang Wenqiu [ zh]
Relatives	Mao Zedong (father-in-law)

Shao Hua (30 October 1938 – 24 June 2008), formerly known as Zhang Shaohua ( Chinese: 张少华), was a Chinese photographer and a major general in the People's Liberation Army. ^[1] She was the wife of Mao Anqing, the second son of Mao Zedong. ^[1]

Biography

She was born as Chen Anyun ( Chinese: 陈安云) in October 1938 in Yan'an, Shaanxi, the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party following the Long March. ^[2] Her father was Chen Zhenhua, who was from Shimin, Hunan. Her mother was Zhang Wenqiu, who was from Jingshan County, Hubei.^{[ citation needed]}

Shao began working as a photographer in the 1950s using a camera which had been brought to her from the Soviet Union by Mao Zedong's eldest son, Mao Anying. ^{[1] [2]} She traveled extensively throughout China following the Chinese Civil War. ^[1] The subjects of her photographs were often related to the government of the Communist movement, including factories and other factors of production, army units, schools, and poor rural Chinese villages. ^[1] She became the head of the China Photographers Association (CPA) in 2002 and served in that position until her death in 2008. ^[1]

Shao was a major general in the People's Liberation Army. ^[1] She served as the director of the military encyclopedia department of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences. ^[2] Shao was a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from 1988 to 2002, when she began displaying her photographs publicly. ^[2]

Shao married Mao Anqing, Mao Zedong's second son and a Russian linguist, ^[2] in September 1960. ^[3] The couple had one son, Mao Xinyu was born in 1970 at People's Liberation Army Hospital. Her husband had no active role in the Chinese government. ^[1] Mao Anqing died on 23 March 2007, at the age of 84. ^[1] Her son Mao Xinyu and his wife, Liu Bin, have one son Mao Dongdong who was born in 2003 at Peking Union Medical College Hospital and the only great-grandson of Mao Zedong.^{[ citation needed]}

Shao Hua died in Beijing due to breast cancer on 24 June 2008, at the age of 69. ^{[1] [4]}

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