- Tian Jiyun
Tian Jiyun (Simplified: 田纪云;
Pinyin : Tián Jìyún; born 1929 inFeicheng ,Shandong , China) is apolitician in thePeople's Republic of China , known as a supporter ofDeng Xiaoping 's reforms. The best-known feature of his biography is the speech of 1992, delivered in the Central Party School, in which he redicules the "leftists" (those who did not support the new policy of openness): Tian proposed them to establish their own "economic zones" preserving all the worst features of the old system.Biography
Between 1981 and 1983, Tian served as the deputy secretary general of the State Council. He was promoted to the secretary general in 1983, and served as the vice premier of the State Council between 1983 and 1993.
Tian joined the the
Communist Party of China at the age of 16. he has been a member of theNational Congress of the Communist Party of China since 1982, and joined the politburo in 1987.Tian was elected the vice chairman of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in 1993 and 1998. Tian retired in 2002 at the age of 73.External links
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