Ye Xuanping

Ye Xuanping
叶选平
Governor of Guangdong
In office
August 1985 – May 1991
Preceded byLiang Lingguang
Succeeded byZhu Senlin
Mayor of Guangzhou
In office
July 1983 – August 1985
Preceded byLiang Lingguang
Succeeded byZhu Senlin
Personal details
Born20 December 1924
Meixian, Guangdong, China
Died17 September 2019(2019-09-17) (aged 94)
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Parent(s)Ye Jianying
Feng Hua
RelativesYe Xuanning (half-brother), Zou Jiahua (brother-in-law)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese叶选平
Traditional Chinese葉選平
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Xuǎnpíng
Wade–GilesYeh4 Hsüan3-p’ing2
IPA[jê ɕɥɛ̀npʰǐŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJip6 Syun2 Peng4
IPA[jip̚˨ syn˧˥.pʰɛŋ˩]

Ye Xuanping (Chinese: 叶选平; 20 December 1924[1] – 17 September 2019) was a Chinese politician, who served as Mayor of Guangzhou from 1980 to 1985 and Governor of Guangdong, his native province, from 1985 to 1991. Ye was a strong supporter of Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening policy. Under his leadership, Guangdong grew economically prosperous and gained significant autonomy from Beijing. Concerned about his power, the national government manoeuvred to relieve him of the governorship, but allowed him to maintain his power base in Guangdong. He subsequently served as Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1991 to 2003.

Ye was the eldest son of Ye Jianying, one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China, who was instrumental in overthrowing the Gang of Four and ending the Cultural Revolution. After the death of his father, he became the patriarch of their powerful family, dubbed the "Ye Dynasty".

  1. ^ "叶剑英长子叶选平逝世 曾长期主政广东". Retrieved 29 March 2023.