Hu Dunfu program. Hu thus became head of NCTU's mathematics department in 1930. In July 1935, Hu, together with other leading Chinese mathematicians including Feng Zuxun, Xiong Qinglai, Chen Jiangong, and Su Buqing, established the Chinese Mathematical Society at a meeting held in the library of NCTU. Hu served as the first president of the society. As the Communist Party of China defeated the Kuomintang in the Chinese Civil War, Hu Dunfu followed the retreating Kuomintang government to Taiwan in 1949. The new Communist government of the People's Republic of China closed Utopia along with many other private schools in 1952, and
Hu Yaobang implying that it would be unlikely that the party would pursue a dramatic programme of political reform in the near future. On 18 November 2005, The Communist Party officially celebrated the 90th anniversary of Hu Yaobang's birth with activities at the People's Hall (the date was changed to two days before it was officially scheduled). Around 350 people attended, including premier Wen Jiabao, vice president Zeng Qinghong, and numerous other Party officials, celebrities, and members of Hu Yaobang's family. It was rumored that Hu Jintao wanted to attend, but was prevented from doing so by other senior members of the