Long Zhiyi (; 1929 – 31 December 2021) was a Chinese novelist and politician of Yi ethnicity who served as chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the

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between 1993 and 1998. He was a representative of the

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and

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. He was a member of the 9th and 8th National Committees of the

. He was a delegate to the

10th National People's Congress The 10th National People's Congress () was in session from 2003 to 2008. It held five plenary sessions in this period. There were 2,984 deputies to this Congress. It succeeded the 9th National People's Congress. The 1st Session The Congres ...

Early life and career

Long was born in Tuanjie Township of

Yongshan County Yongshan County () is a county in the northeast of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Sichuan Province to the north and northwest across the Jinsha River. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaotong. Ethnic groups There ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

, in 1929. He graduated from Yunnan University. He took part in the communist revolution in 1949. He began to publish his works in 1947 and joined the

China Writers Association China Writers Association or Chinese Writers Association (CWA, ) is a subordinate people's organization of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC). Founded in July 1949, the organization was initially named the China National Liter ...

in 1991. In 1987, he was appointed deputy party secretary of

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

, concurrently serving as head of its Organization Department. He became chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the

in January 1993, and served until January 1998.

Personal life and death

In 1952, Long married Ye Shenzhen () in Guizhou, their son named Long Long () and their grandson nicknamed Youyou (). He died in

Guiyang Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...

on 31 December 2021, at the age of 92.

Works

Novels

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Collection of short stories

* *''Collection of Short Stories by Long Zhiyi'' ()

Collection of essays

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Zhiyi 1929 births 2021 deaths Yi people People from Yongshan County Yunnan University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Yunnan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Yunnan Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Members of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference