Tian Jiyun (; born June 1929 in

Feicheng Feicheng ( zh, s=肥城, p=Féichéng) is a county-level city under the administration of Tai'an City in the west of Shandong Province, China. , the population was 992,000. Part of the Great Wall of Qi starts here and is listed on the People's R ...

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) is a retired

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in the

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, known as a supporter of

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'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 the

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. He was promoted to the secretary general in 1983, and served as the vice premier of the State Council between 1983 and 1993. Tian joined the

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at the age of 16. He has been a member of the

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since 1982, and joined the

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in 1987. Tian was elected the vice chairman of the

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in 1993 and 1998. Tian retired in 2002 at the age of 73.

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Biography of Tian Jiyun

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