Qiao Shi

Qiao Shi
乔石
Qiao Shi in 1994
6th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
27 March 1993 – 16 March 1998
Preceded byWan Li
Succeeded byLi Peng
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
In office
November 1, 1987 – October 18, 1992
Preceded byChen Yun
(first secretary)
Succeeded byWei Jianxing
Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
June 1983 – April 1984
General SecretaryHu Yaobang
Preceded byHu Qili
Succeeded byWang Zhaoguo
Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
In office
1985–1992
Preceded byChen Pixian
Succeeded byRen Jianxin
Personal details
Born(1924-12-24)24 December 1924
Shanghai, Republic of China
Died14 June 2015(2015-06-14) (aged 90)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1940–1998)
Spouse
Yu Wen
(m. 1952; died 2013)
Children2 sons and 2 daughters
Qiao Shi
Traditional Chinese喬石
Simplified Chinese乔石
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQiáo Shí
Wade–GilesCh'iao2 Shih2
IPA[tɕʰjǎʊ ʂɨ̌]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationKiùh Sehk
JyutpingKiu4 Sek6
IPA[kʰiw˩ sɛk̚˨]

Qiao Shi (24 December 1924 – 14 June 2015) was a Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the party's top decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, from 1987 to 1997. He was a contender for the paramount leadership of China, but lost out to his political rival Jiang Zemin, who assumed the post of General Secretary of the party in 1989. Qiao Shi instead served as Chairman of the National People's Congress, then the third-ranked political position, from 1993 until his retirement in 1998.[1] Compared with his peers, including Jiang Zemin, Qiao Shi adopted a more liberal stance in political and economic policy, promoting the rule of law and market-oriented reform of state-owned enterprises.[2]

  1. ^ Gan, Nectar (14 June 2015). "Former China Communist Party senior official Qiao Shi dies at 91". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. ^ Mackerras, Colin; McMillen, Donald H.; Watson, Andrew (2003). Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China. Routledge. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-134-53175-2.