Shen Daren (; August 1928 – August 2, 2017) was a Chinese politician from Jiangsu province. He was best known for his terms as the Communist Party Secretary of Ningxia between 1986 and 1989 and party secretary of his home province between 1989 and 1993.

Biography

Shen grew up in Changzhou, Jiangsu. He began work as a technician at a textiles factory, where he rose through the ranks to become a supervisor, then deputy head of the factory. In 1960, he entered the apparat, serving in the textiles department of the city of Changzhou. In 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, he became Revolutionary Committee head of the Changzhou department of textiles industry. Following the Cultural Revolution, he was promoted to deputy party chief of Changzhou, then mayor, and then party chief. In 1983, he was elevated further to become

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of Jiangsu province. Three years later, he became party chief of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In December 1989, Shen was transferred back to Jiangsu to become party chief of his home province. He assumed the post of the Chairman of the Jiangsu People's Congress in 1993. Shen was a delegate to the

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(1993–1998) and

9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's Congress () was in session from 1998 to 2003. It held five plenary sessions in this period. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress. Election result ...

(1998–2003). Shen died on August 2, 2017 in Nanjing. The party assigned him standard honors of a deceased comrade. In his official obituary, the party mentioned his "commitment to party unity" during the "political storm between the spring and summer of 1989", a euphemism for the democracy movement. His funeral was attended by Jiangsu party chief

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and Governor

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; he received wreaths and condolences from

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, Li Peng and his wife Zhu Lin, and a long list of other retired and incumbent officials.江苏省委原书记沈达人同志在南京逝世，享年90岁
''The Paper''

References

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