Shen Zhiyuan (Chinese:沈志远; January 6, 1902 – January 26, 1965), originally named Shen Huichun and also known by the aliases Shen Guanlan and Wang Jianqiu, was a Chinese philosopher and economist from Xiaoshan, Zhejiang. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party and later the China Democratic League. Shen was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955 and served as a researcher and director at the Shanghai Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His academic work focused primarily on Marxist philosophy and economics.[1][2]
People's Republic of China period
Shen was born on January 6, 1902, in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province. In 1913 he enrolled at Zhejiang Provincial First Middle School. He later graduated in 1922 from the affiliated secondary school of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In 1924 he began teaching at Jingxian Girls' Middle School in Songjiang.[3]
After returning to China, Shen worked as a university lecturer and professor between 1933 and 1938, teaching at Jinan University in Shanghai, Peking University, and Northwest University. During this period he devoted himself to the teaching and research of Marxist philosophy and political economy.[5] In 1944 Shen joined the China Democratic League. In July 1946 he became professor and head of the Department of Economics at Dade College.[6]
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Shen held several public positions. In 1951 he served in the East China Military and Political Commission and held posts including director of the Counsellors' Office and deputy director of the Committee of Culture and Education. From 1951 to 1957 he served as chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the China Democratic League.[7][8]
In 1955 Shen was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In May of the same year he was elected vice chairman of the first Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[9] In 1956 he became a researcher and director of the Shanghai Institute of Economics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Shen authored several influential works in Marxist economics, including Outline of New Economics and Outline of Planned Economics.[10]
Shen died in Shanghai on January 26, 1965, at the age of 63.[11]
↑Note 1: Zhang Lan was elected Chairperson at the Fourth and Fifth (Enlarged) Meetings of the 1st Central Committee on 20 December 1949, and died on 9 February 1955.
↑Note 2: Shen Junru was nominated as Acting Chairperson at the Enlarged Provisional Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee on 10 February 1955.
↑Note 3: Shen Junru was elected Vice Chairperson at the Fourth and Fifth (Enlarged) Meetings of the 1st Central Committee on 20 December 1949.
↑Note 4: Zhang Bojun, Luo Longji, Ma Xulun, Shi Liang, and Gao Chongmin were elected Vice Chairpersons at the Seventh Plenary Session of the 1st Central Committee on 8 June 1953.
↑Note 5: Hu Yuzhi was elected Secretary-General at the 42nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 1st Central Committee in 1953.
↑Note 6: Zhang Dongsun was expelled from the China Democratic League in May 1953.
Note: Names struck through were designated as rightists at the 17th (Enlarged) Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League in late January 1958.
↑Note 1: Zhang Bojun was removed from the position of Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee and demoted to Standing Committee Member of the Central Committee.
↑Note 2: Luo Longji was removed from the position of Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee and retained as a Member of the Central Committee.
