Bao Tong

Bao Tong
Bao at his Beijing home in 2008
Born(1932-11-05)5 November 1932
Died9 November 2022(2022-11-09) (aged 90)
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1949–1992, expelled)
Spouse
Jiang Zongcao
(died 2022)
[1]
ChildrenBao Pu (son)
Bao Jian (daughter)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese鲍彤
Traditional Chinese鮑彤
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBào Tóng

Bao Tong (Chinese: 鲍彤; 5 November 1932 – 9 November 2022) was a Chinese writer and activist. He was Director of the Office of Political Reform of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Policy Secretary of Zhao Ziyang (Chinese Premier from 1980 to 1987 and CCP General Secretary from 1987 to 1989). He was also Director of the Drafting Committee for the CCP 13th Party Congresses, known for its strong support of market reform and opening up under Deng Xiaoping. Prior to this, he was a committee member and then deputy director of the Chinese State Commission for Economic Reform. During the 1989 Tian’anmen square protests, he was one of the very few Chinese senior officials to express understandings with the demonstrating students,[2] which led to his arrest shortly before the June Fourth incident.

  1. ^ @baotong1932 (21 August 2022). "荊妻蒋宗曹於2022年8月21日7時16分因癌去世,得年九十。專此訃聞。" (Tweet) (in Traditional Chinese) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Wang, Fan (10 November 2022). "Bao Tong: Champion of Chinese political reform dies at 90". BBC.