Deng Yingchao

Deng Yingchao 鄧穎超
Chairperson of the CPPCC
In office 6th CPPCC
In office June 1983 – April 1988
President	Li Xiannian
Leader	Deng Xiaoping
Preceded by	Deng Xiaoping
Succeeded by	Li Xiannian
Personal details
Born	4 February 1904(1904-02-04) Nanning, Guangxi, Qing Dynasty
Died	11 July 1992(1992-07-11) (aged 88) Beijing, People's Republic of China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Spouse(s)	Zhou Enlai
Relations	Sun Weishi (adopted daughter) Li Peng (adopted son)

Deng Yingchao with Zhou Enlai, 1954

Deng (right), with Edgar Snow (left) and Zhou approx. 1938.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Deng.

Deng Yingchao (simplified Chinese: 邓颖超; traditional Chinese: 鄧穎超; pinyin: Dèng Yǐngchāo) (February 4, 1904 - July 11, 1992), was the wife of the first Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai, Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1983 to 1988 and a member of the Communist Party of China.

Biography

With ancestry in Guangshan County (光山縣), Henan, she was born Deng Wenshu (鄧文淑) in Nanning, Guangxi. Growing up in the poverty-stricken family, her father died when she was at a young age and her single mother taught and practiced medicine. Deng participated as a team leader in the May Fourth Movement, where she met Zhou Enlai. They married on August 8, 1925 in Tianjin.

Deng and Zhou had no children of their own. However, they adopted several orphans of "revolutionary martyrs", including Li Peng, later a Premier of the People's Republic of China. She promoted the abolition of foot binding imposed on women.

She died in Beijing of illness at the age of 88.

There is a memorial hall dedicated to her and her husband in Tianjin (天津周恩來鄧穎超紀念館).

External links

• Deng Yingchao: a painting and a b/w photo
• Exterior of the Memorial Hall

Honorary titles
Preceded by None	Spouse of the Premier of the People's Republic of China 1949-1976	Succeeded by Han Zhijun
Political offices
Preceded by Deng Xiaoping	Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 1983—1988	Succeeded by Li Xiannian

Persondata
Name	Deng, Yingchao
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 4, 1904
Place of birth	Nanning, Guangxi, Qing Dynasty
Date of death	July 11, 1992
Place of death	Beijing, People's Republic of China