Zhao Ziyang’s political secretary and political reform research director
Party official and political reform advocate who joined the CCP in 1949. After Organization Department and economic reform work he became Zhao Ziyang’s political secretary, helped prepare the Thirteenth Party Congress documents and directed political reform research. He supported opposition to armed repression in 1989 and was arrested in May. Expelled from the party and sentenced to seven years in 1992, he later wrote under surveillance in support of political reform and reassessment of June Fourth.
Activities and affiliations
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1949–1992
Political and party leadership
- Director, Office of Political Reform1987–1989
Career Timeline
- 1949Joined the CCP
- 1987Worked on the Thirteenth Congress documents and political reform
- 1989.05.28Arrested in Beijing
- 1992Expelled and sentenced to seven years
- 1996–1997Held beyond completion of his sentence