Tian Jiyun

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Tian Jiyun
First Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office March 15, 1993 – March 5, 2003
Chairman	Qiao Shi→Li Peng
Vice Premier of China
In office June,1983–March,1993
Premier	Zhao Ziyang→Li Peng
Member of thePolitburo of the Chinese Communist Party
In office Sepetmeber 24,1985 – November 15, 2002
General Secretary	Hu Yaobang→Zhao Ziyang→Jiang Zemin
Secretary-General of the State Council
In office June 20,1983 – November 11,1985
Premier	Zhao Ziyang
Personal details
Born	(1929-06-04)June 4, 1929 (age 93) Feicheng,Shandong,Republic of China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party(joined in 1945)

Tian Jiyun(simplified Chinese:Điền kỷ vân;traditional Chinese:Điền kỷ vân;pinyin:Tián Jìyún;born June 1929 inFeicheng,Shandong) is a retiredpoliticianin 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 ridicules the "leftists" (those who did not support the new policy of openness). Tian proposed they 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 theState Council.He was promoted to the secretary general in 1983, and served as thevice premierof the State Council between 1983 and 1993.

Tian joined theChinese Communist Partyat the age of 16. He has been a member of theNational Congress of the Chinese Communist Partysince 1982, and joined thepolitburoin 1987.

Tian was elected the vice chairman of theStanding Committee of the National People's Congressin 1993 and 1998. Tian retired in 2003 at the age of 73.

External links

• (in Chinese)Biography of Tian Jiyun,Xinhuanet