Zheng Bijian

Zheng Bijian
郑必坚
Zheng Bijian delivers a speech at the 2015 Understanding China Conference
Executive Vice President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
August 1997 – March 2002
PresidentHu Jintao
Preceded byWang Jialiu
Succeeded byYu Yunyao
Personal details
BornMay 1932 (age 92)
Fushun County, Sichuan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materFu Jen Catholic University
Renmin University of China
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Bìjiān

Zheng Bijian (Chinese: 郑必坚, born 1932) is a Chinese politician and government advisor whose theories about globalism and transparency emphasize the importance of projecting soft power and peace. Zheng is recognized for coining the term "China's peaceful rise" as part of a Ministry of State Security (MSS) influence operation.[1]

  1. ^ Joske, Alex (2022). "The concoction of China's peaceful rise". Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World. Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74358-900-7. OCLC 1347020692.