Early Communist who ran the Kuomintang Organisation Department, later a founder of the Revolutionary Committee of the KMT
From a tailor's family in Gaoming, Guangdong, he joined the Tongmenghui and took part in the May Fourth Movement at Peking University. In 1921 he became secretary of the CCP's Guangdong branch, later sitting on the Central Committee and Politburo. At the Kuomintang's First Congress in 1924 he joined its standing committee and headed its Organisation Department, directing Communist work inside the party. A leader of the Nanchang Uprising of August 1927, during which he recruited He Long, he was expelled from the CCP for its failure. He helped found the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang in 1948 and in the People's Republic served on the Central People's Government and headed the People's Supervision Commission.
Also known as: Tan Ping-shan
Activities and affiliations
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1921–1927
Political and party leadership
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1924–1927
Political and party leadership
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1949–1956
People’s Republic of China state institutionsDirector, People's Supervision Commission
Government and administration
Career Timeline
- 1921Secretary of the CCP Guangdong branch
- 1924Kuomintang standing committee member and Organisation Department head
- 1927Leads at Nanchang; expelled from the CCP
- 1948Co-founds the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
- 1949–1956Central People's Government member; director of the People's Supervision Commission