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In April 1938, Gu Deng was appointed Vice-Minister for Education under the collaborationist Provisional Government of the Republic of China led by Wang Kemin. In July, Chen Qun () was relieved from his post as Minister for Education, and Gu Deng became concurrently the provisional acting Minister as well until his official promotion to Minister for Education the following April. He remained in this post until the formation of the Reorganized National Government of China under Wang Jingwei in March 1940.