Du Runsheng

Du Runsheng
杜润生
Member of the Central Advisory Commission
In office 1987–1992
Director	Chen Yun
Director of Rural Development Research Center of the State Council
In office 1983–1989
Director of Rural Policy Research Office of Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office 1983–1989
Deputy Director of National Agricultural Commission of the People's Republic of China
In office 1979–1983
Personal details
Born	Du De (杜德) (1913-07-18)July 18, 1913 Yangyi Village, Taigu County, Shanxi, China
Died	October 9, 2015(2015-10-09) (aged 102) Beijing Hospital, Beijing
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Children	1
Alma mater	Taiyuan National Normal College Beijing Normal University
Military service
Allegiance	China
Branch/service	Eighth Route Army (1937–1945) People's Liberation Army (1945–1949)
Years of service	1936–1949
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	杜潤生
Simplified Chinese	杜润生
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dù Rùnshēng

Du Runsheng (Chinese: 杜润生; pinyin: Dù Rùnshēng; July 18, 1913 – October 9, 2015) was a Chinese military officer, revolutionary leader, politician, and economist.^[1] He has been hailed as "China's father of rural reform".^[1] From 1982 to 1986, he drew up the annual "Document No.1 of the Central Government" about rural reform, which promoted the development of rural areas. Du's students included Wang Qishan, Justin Yifu Lin, Zhou Qiren, Wen Tiejun, Wang Xiaoqiang, Chen Xiwen, Zhang Musheng, Du Ying and Weng Yongxi.^[2][3]

Du was a member of the 12th and 13th National People's Congress and a member of the Central Advisory Commission.^[4]