Rong Yiren | |
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| 荣毅仁 | |
 Rong Yiren in 1949 | |
| Vice President of China | |
| In office March 12, 1993 – March 15, 1998 | |
| President | Jiang Zemin |
| Preceded by | Wang Zhen |
| Succeeded by | Hu Jintao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1, 1916 Wuxi, Jiangsu, Republic of China |
| Died | October 26, 2005 (aged 89) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party China Democratic National Construction Association |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | St. John's University, Shanghai |
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| Traditional Chinese | 榮毅仁 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 荣毅仁 | ||||||||
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Rong Yiren (Chinese: 荣毅仁; Wade–Giles: Jung I-jen; May 1, 1916 – October 26, 2005)[1] was the Vice President of China from 1993 to 1998 and was heavily involved with the opening of the Chinese economy to western investment. Rong is known both in China and in the Western world as "the Red Capitalist" because his family were some of the few pre-1949 industrialists in Shanghai to have been treated well by the Chinese Communist Party in return for their co-operation with the government of the People's Republic of China.
- ^ "榮毅仁同志生平". www.people.com.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-06-05.