Chen Yun

Chen Yun 陈云
[[File:Chen Yun.jpg |200px]] Portrait of comrade Chen Yun
Born	(1905-06-13)June 13, 1905 Liantang, Qing China
Died	April 10, 1995(1995-04-10) (aged 89) Beijing, People's Republic of China
Nationality	Chinese
Political orientation	Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

Chen Yun (June 13 1905 — April 10 1995, also known as Liao Chenyun 廖陈云) was a Chinese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary, political economic theorist and planner, who was one of the most influential and powerful leaders within the history of the Communist Party of China and an important founder of China's socialist economic construction. He served on the Central Committee from 1931 to 1987, and was elected to Politburo membership from 1934-1969 as the first generation of the party center leadership group under the leadership of Mao Zedong and then from 1978-1987 as the second generation under Deng Xiaoping where he participated in the formulation and implementation of a series of major decisions closely related to the history of the party and the People's Republic of China.

Early Life

Born in Qingpu, Jiangsu Province, Chen had a very miserable childhood, losing his father, his mother, and then his grandmother at the ages of two, four, and six, respectively. He, together with his older sister, Chen Xing, was brought up by his uncle and aunt Liao Wenguang and Mrs Liao. His uncle was a mild but downright dutiful tailor who spent all day hunching over threads and needles while his aunt helped out with family expenses by sewing up stuff for others. Since they were married for years but having no children of their own, they deeply cared Chen Yun as their own son, naming him as Liao Chenyun.