Lu Ping

Not to be confused with Ping Lu.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.

Lu Ping
魯平
Head of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office
In office November 1990 – July 1997
Premier	Li Peng
Preceded by	Ji Pengfei
Succeeded by	Liao Hui
Personal details
Born	(1927-09-27)27 September 1927 Shanghai, China
Died	Beijing, China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China

Lu Ping (Chinese: 魯平; 27 September 1927 – 3 May 2015) was a Chinese politician and diplomat. He served as Head of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. He is best known as China's delegation head and main representative during negotiations for the transfer of sovereignties of Hong Kong and Macau from Britain and Portugal to the PRC and labelled the last governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten as "Sinner of a Thousand Years" (Chinese: 千古罪人) for his unilateral electoral reform proposals.

Born in Shanghai, Lu graduated from St. John's University, Shanghai in 1947 and joined the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office in 1978.