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Rong Yiren

1916 - 2005

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Rong Yiren (Chinese: 荣毅仁; pinyin: Róng Yìrén; Wade–Giles: Jung2 I4-jen2; May 1, 1916 – October 26, 2005) was the Vice President of China from 1993 to 1998 and was heavily involved with the opening of the Chinese economy to western investment. Rong is known both in China and in the Western world as "the Red Capitalist" because his family were some of the few pre-1949 industrialists in Shanghai to have been treated well by the Chinese Communist Party in return for their co-operation with the government of the People's Republic of China. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rong Yiren is the 12,347th most popular politician (up from 13,876th in 2019), the 771st most popular biography from China (up from 882nd in 2019) and the 399th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rong Yiren ranks 12,347 out of 19,576. Before him are Hesychius of Miletus, Tilemachos Karakalos, William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Manuel Montt, Pietro II Candiano, and Louis Charles Delescluze. After him are Richard von Kühlmann, Cecrops II, Pasquale Malipiero, Hồ Quý Ly, Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, and Jovan Ristić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Rong Yiren ranks 146. Before him are Benjamin Libet, Anton Diffring, Svend Asmussen, Bill Melendez, Françoise Giroud, and Charlie Christian. After him are Robert H. Dicke, Julian Rotter, Adriana Caselotti, Werner Bischof, Penelope Fitzgerald, and José López Rega. Among people deceased in 2005, Rong Yiren ranks 159. Before him are Marga López, Don Adams, Romano Scarpa, Lajos Baróti, Laurel Aitken, and Kevin Hagen. After him are Philip Morrison, Milorad Pavić, Milena Hübschmannová, André Waterkeyn, Hans Clarin, and Saunders Mac Lane.

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In China

Among people born in China, Rong Yiren ranks 771 out of 1,610. Before him are Nicholas Poppe (1897), Song Yu (-298), Chen Jingrun (1933), Xu Xiangqian (1901), Shi Jingtang (892), and Deng Sui (81). After him are Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510), Chögyam Trungpa (1939), Tung Chee-hwa (1937), Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), Hwang Sok-yong (1943), and Wei Yuan (1794).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Rong Yiren ranks 399. Before him are Meng Hongwei (1953), Huang Fu (1883), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), Nicholas Poppe (1897), Xu Xiangqian (1901), and Deng Sui (81). After him are Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510), Tung Chee-hwa (1937), Yikuang (1838), Yang Jiechi (1950), Li Zhanshu (1950), and Qiao Shi (1924).

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