Wan Li | |
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| 万里 | |
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| 5th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
| In office 8 April 1988 – 27 March 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Peng Zhen |
| Succeeded by | Qiao Shi |
| 4th First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China | |
| In office 6 June 1983 – 25 March 1988 | |
| Premier | Zhao Ziyang Li Peng |
| Preceded by | Deng Xiaoping |
| Succeeded by | Yao Yilin |
| 3rd Minister of Railways | |
| In office January 1975 – December 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Lü Zhengcao |
| Succeeded by | Duan Junyi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1916 Dongping County, Shandong, China |
| Died | 15 July 2015 (aged 98) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (joined in 1936) |
| Spouse | Bian Tao (邊濤) |
| Children | 5, including Wan Jifei |
| Relatives | Wan Bao Bao (grandchild)[1] |
| Wan Li | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 萬里 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 万里 | ||||||
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Wan Li[a] (December 1916 – 15 July 2015) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who served as First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988 and the 5th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1988 to 1993.[2]
Wan joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1936 and led revolutionary and wartime resistance activities in his native Shandong province. After the founding of the communist state in 1949, Wan served in a series of government ministries, then worked as a member of the municipal leadership in Beijing. He was purged during the Cultural Revolution, but was eventually rehabilitated and returned to work as party chief of Anhui province, where he led the implementation of successful agrarian reforms centered on the household-responsibility system. In the 1980s, Wan became one of the leading moderate reformers in China's top leadership, advocating for constitutional reforms, the strengthening of legislative institutions, and the abolition of 'lifelong-terms' of top political leaders. He was named head of the national legislature (i.e., the NPC) in 1988. He retired in 1993.
- ^ "Le Bal des Débutantes". Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "全国人大常委会原委员长万里逝世 享年99岁". QQ News. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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