Rong Yiren
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Rong Yiren

Former vice president of the People's Republic of China (1916–2005)

Rong Yiren (Chinese: 荣毅仁; pinyin: Róng Yìrén; Wade–Giles: Jung2 I4-jen2; May 1, 1916 – October 26, 2005) was the Vice President of China from 1993 to 1998 and was heavily involved with the opening of the Chinese economy to western investment. Rong is known both in China and in the Western world as "the Red Capitalist" because his family were some of the few pre-1949 industrialists in Shanghai to have been treated well by the Chinese Communist Party in return for their co-operation with the government of the People's Republic of China.2

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Born May 1, 1916, died Oct 26, 2005.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedSt. John's University3

Early life

Rong was born on May 1, 1916, in Wuxi, a city near Shanghai in Jiangsu Province. His father Rong Desheng and uncle Rong Zongjing were the founders and operators of a flour and cotton milling business. He graduated with a degree in history from the Christian-run St. John's University. Then he was assigned to manage a part of the family business and he took over the running of all 24 mills upon the death of his elder brother Paul Yung (Rong Yixin) in an air crash on Basalt Island, Hong Kong, on 21 December 1948.

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Career

Occupation: politician.6

  • Date not recordedFounded CITIC Group4
  • Date not recordedNational People's Congress deputy5
  • Date not recordedStanding member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference5
  • Date not recordedMember of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference5
  • Date not recordedMember of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress5

Life and death

He died of pneumonia on October 26, 2005, at the age of 89. His funeral was held on November 3, 2005, and he was interred at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.

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Personal life

  • BornMay 1, 1916, Wuxi7
  • DiedOct 26, 2005, Beijing8
  • CitizenshipPeople's Republic of China, China9
  • SpouseYang Jianqing10

He married Yang Jianqing (Chinese: 杨鑑清) in 1937. Yang died on January 8, 2014, in Hong Kong.

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