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Citizenship: China Background: China The reform generation 1976–현재 Clear all

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By birth A–Z List Cards

Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 The paramount leader who redirected China through reform and opening Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1904–1997
Chen Yun 陈云 CCP elder who designed China's socialist economic system with his 'bird-cage economy' concept Economy, finance and planning · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1905–1995
Bo Yibo 薄一波 First finance minister and central figure of the “61 renegades” case, who returned in the reform era as a conservative elder Economy, finance and planning · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1908–2007
Xi Zhongxun 习仲勋 A founder of the northern Shaanxi base, purged for sixteen years, who opened Guangdong’s special economic zones Government and administration · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1913–2002
Hu Yaobang 胡耀邦 The reformist general secretary who rehabilitated the Cultural Revolution’s victims and freed thought; his death sparked the 1989 protests Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1915–1989
Wan Li 万里 “If you want rice, look for Wan Li” — the reform pioneer who let Anhui’s peasants contract land to households Agriculture and land policy · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1916–2015
Zhao Ziyang 赵紫阳 From Sichuan’s farm reforms to general secretary, the reformer who opposed martial law in 1989 and died under house arrest Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1919–2005
Hua Guofeng 华国锋 Mao’s designated successor — “With you in charge, I am at ease” — who arrested the Gang of Four and was eased out by Deng Xiaoping Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1921–2008
Jiang Zemin 江泽民 The “core” plucked from Shanghai in 1989 who led post-Tiananmen China into the market economy and the “Three Represents” Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1926–2022
Li Peng 李鹏 The premier who declared martial law in May 1989, called “the butcher of Beijing”; Zhou Enlai’s ward Government and administration · People’s Republic of China state institutions 1928–2019
Fang Lizhi 方励之 “China’s Sakharov”, the astrophysicist known for the 1986 student protests and his 1989 refuge in the US embassy Science and technology · Communist Party of China 1936–2012
Wei Jingsheng 魏京生 The electrician who pasted “The Fifth Modernisation” on Democracy Wall, deported after eighteen years in prison Social movements and organizing 1950–