Tian Yiping

BornJanuary 1907

Yangbi, Dali, Yunnan, China

DiedJanuary 30, 1993 (aged 85–86)

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

PartyChinese Communist Party
China Democratic League

Tian Yiping (Chinese: 田一平)
田一平
Personal details
Born	January 1907 (1907-01) Yangbi, Dali, Yunnan, China
Died	January 30, 1993(1993-01-30) (aged 85–86) Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party China Democratic League
Alma mater	Shanghai Labor University
Occupation	Politician

Tian Yiping (Chinese: 田一平; January 1907 – January 30, 1993), courtesy names Tian Qi and Miao Tailai, was a politician of the People's Republic of China. A native of Yangbi, Dali, in Yunnan Province, he was an active participant in the Chinese Communist Party's united front work and held various political and advisory positions in Sichuan Province after 1949. He was also a member of the China Democratic League and served as a delegate to the National People's Congress and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[1]

Tian was admitted to the College of Agriculture at Shanghai Labor University, from which he graduated in 1931. After graduation, he served as a secretary in brigade headquarters of the 24th and 21st Armies of the National Revolutionary Army under the Nationalist government. During this period, he also held a section chief position in the secret military organization known as the "Wude Lijinhui", which was established under Liu Xiang to counter the influence of Chiang Kai-shek.^[2]

In January 1938, Tian joined the Chinese Communist Party and served as a branch secretary. Under the direct leadership of Zhang Shushi, he carried out underground work in Sichuan, using public identities such as staff officer and secretary in regional military administrations.^[3] He organized progressive officers, promoted anti-Japanese resistance, expanded Party organization, and actively engaged in united front work. In 1940, he was appointed manager of the West China Daily (Huaxi Ribao) and general manager of the West China Evening News (Huaxi Wanbao).^[4] Under the leadership of Zhou Enlai and Dong Biwu, he used the press to promote revolutionary ideas, mobilize public support, back student movements, and oppose authoritarian rule, making significant contributions to the anti-Japanese resistance and democratic movements in China's rear areas.^[5]

In September 1944, he joined the China Democratic League due to work requirements and served as a committee member and secretary-general of its Sichuan branch. In October 1945, he also joined the China Democratic Revolutionary League and served as secretary of its Chengdu local committee. From the winter of 1945 to the spring of 1947, with the approval of Zhou Enlai, he worked as an intelligence officer for the Soviet Embassy in China.^[6]

In June 1947, Tian was arrested by the Kuomintang authorities in Sichuan and imprisoned in Chengdu, later transferred to prisons in Chongqing, including Baigongguan and Zhazidong. In early 1949, amid peace negotiations, he was rescued through the efforts of Zhang Lan, chairman of the China Democratic League, and released along with other detained members. He then returned to Chengdu and, together with underground Party members such as Luo Tiaoyu and Hu Chunpu, helped establish a temporary working group to organize uprisings among forces led by Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, and Pan Wenhua, contributing to the Communist takeover of Sichuan.^[7]

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tian held numerous positions, including member and deputy secretary-general of the Cultural and Educational Committee of the Southwest Military and Administrative Commission, vice president of the Sichuan Socialist College, and vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2nd to 5th terms).^[8] He also served as a standing committee member of the central committee of the China Democratic League and as deputy chairman of its Sichuan provincial committee.^[9]

Tian was a delegate to the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th National People's Congress, and a member of the 2nd and 5th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and imprisoned. Following the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, he was politically rehabilitated.^[10]

Tian died in Chengdu on January 30, 1993, at the age of 86.^[11]

v t e 3rd Central Committee of the China Democratic League
December 1958 – October 1979
Chairperson	Shen Junru^{[note 1]}→Yang Mingxuan^{[note 2]}
Vice Chairpersons	Yang Mingxuan Ma Xulun Shi Liang Gao Chongmin Hu Yuzhi Deng Chumin Chen Wangdao Wu Han Chu Tunan
Secretary-General	Min Ganghou^{[note 3]}→Hu Yuzhi (concurrently)^{[note 4]}
Standing Committee Members	Qian Jiaju Wang Dezi Tian Yiping Liu Qingyang Hua Luogeng Wu Hongbin Li Wenyi Li Xiangfu Wang Shiming Shen Zijiu Xin Zhichao Zhou Jianren Zhou Xinmin Jin Yuelin Xu Shouxuan Zhang Guofan Liang Sicheng Xu Jie Xu Chongqing Tong Dizhou Min Ganghou Huang Yanpei Wen Jiasi Sa Kongliao Zhang Bojun
↑ Shen Junru died in June 1963. ↑ Yang Mingxuan was elected Chairperson of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Fourth Central Committee in December 1963. ↑ Due to illness, Min Ganghou was replaced by acting Secretary-General Xu Shouxuan in 1961, and by acting Secretary-General Li Wenyi in July 1963. Min Ganghou resigned from the post of Secretary-General in December 1963. ↑ In December 1963, Hu Yuzhi, Vice Chairperson, was appointed concurrently as Secretary-General by the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League.

v t e 4th Central Committee of the China Democratic League
October 1979 – December 1983
Chairperson	Shi Liang
Vice Chairpersons	Hu Yuzhi Deng Chumin Chu Tunan Su Buqing Hua Luogeng Peng Dixian Sa Kongliao Li Wenyi Fei Xiaotong Wen Jiasi
Secretary-General	Gao Tian
Standing Committee Members	Qian Jiaju Deng Chumin Ye Duyi Tian Yiping Shi Liang Feng Sutao Hua Luogeng Zhuang Mingli Liu Kaiqu Liu Simu Xu Jie Su Buqing Li Wenyi Wu Zuoren Wu Fuheng Wu Hongbin Shen Zijiu Shen Hongtao Zhang Bilai Luo Hanxian Luo Xiongcai Jin Yuelin Jin Xiru Zhou Xinmin Zhao Jinsheng Zhao Fangxiong Hu Yuzhi Wen Jiashi Fei Xiaotong Mo Naiqun Yuan Zhengting Qian Weichang Qian Duansheng Xu Shouxuan Gao Tian Tang Zhe Tan Jiazhen Huang Yaomian Sa Kongliao Peng Dixian Chu Tunan

v t e 5th Central Committee of the China Democratic League
December 1983 – October 1988
Honorary Chairperson	Chu Tunan^{[note 1]}
Chairperson	Shi Liang^{[note 2]} → Hu Yuzhi (Acting)^{[note 3]} → Chu Tunan (Acting)^{[note 4]} → Chu Tunan^{[note 5]} → Fei Xiaotong⁺
Executive Vice Chairperson	Fei Xiaotong^{[note 6]} → Gao Tian^{[note 7]}
Vice Chairpersons	Hu Yuzhi Chu Tunan^- Su Buqing^- Hua Luogeng Peng Dixian Sa Kongliao Li Wenyi Fei Xiaotong Wen Jiasi^- Qian Weichang Gao Tian Ye Duyi Tan Jiazhen Tao Dayong Qian Jiaju⁺ Guan Mengjue⁺ Luo Hanxian⁺ Ma Dayou⁺ Feng Zhijun⁺
Secretary-General	Ye Duyi → Wu Xiuping⁺
Standing Committee Members	Ding Shisun⁺ Qian Jiaju Ma Dayou Wang Jian (Beijing) Wang Jian (Hebei)⁺ Wang Danfeng⁺ Wang Jinling Kong Lingren⁺ Lu Leshan⁺ Ye Junjian Ye Duyi Ye Peida Tian Yiping Shi Liang Feng Zhijun Feng Yidai Feng Kexi Feng Sutao^- Zhu Dexi Hua Luogeng Wu Cangping Zhuang Mingli Liu Kaiqu Liu Simu Liu Dehai⁺ Guan Shixiong Guan Mengjue Chi Jishang Xu Jie Su Buqing^- Li Wenyi Yang Ming Yang Kuizhang Wu Hanjia Wu Tingqiu Wu Zuoren Wu Xiuping⁺ Wu Hongbin Wu Fuheng Shen Zijiu^- Xiao Qian⁺ Zhang Zhilian⁺ Zhang Qiaose Zhang Bilai Zhang Jiyu⁺ Zhang Chukun Lu Shijia Lu Zongda Chen Minzhi Chen Xinmin Lin Hengyuan^- Lin Zongcai Luo Hanxian Luo Xiongcai Jin Xiru^- Zhao Yiming⁺ Zhao Jinsheng Zhao Fangxiong^- Zhao Ruyi⁺ Zhao Chaogou Hu Yuzhi Wen Jiasi^- Zhu Rufang⁺ Fei Xiaotong Mo Naiqun Yuan Zhengting Gu Jingxin Qian Weichang Qian Duansheng Xu Shouxuan Gao Tian Gao Jingde⁺ Guo Qiaoran^- Tang Zhe Tan Jiazhen Nie Weiping⁺ Tao Dayong Huang Yaomian^- Sa Kongliao Chang Jiong Kang Zhenhuang⁺ Peng Shaoyi⁺ Peng Dixian Chu Tunan^- Pan Dakui^- Han Xuezhang⁺ Han Yizhi⁺ Dai Ailian⁺
Names marked with ⁺ were co-opted at the 4th Plenary Session of the 5th Central Committee on 9 January 1987; names marked with ^- ceased to hold office after that session. ↑ In January 1987, the 4th Plenary Session of the 5th Central Committee of the CDL elected Chu Tunan as Honorary Chairperson of the Central Committee. ↑ Note 1: Shi Liang passed away in September 1985. ↑ The 8th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 5th Central Committee decided that Vice Chairperson Hu Yuzhi would serve as Acting Chairperson. ↑ Following the death of Hu Yuzhi in January 1986, the 9th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 5th Central Committee selected Vice Chairperson Chu Tunan as Acting Chairperson. ↑ In December 1986, the 3rd Plenary Session of the 5th Central Committee elected Chu Tunan as Chairperson of the Central Committee. ↑ Note: In January 1986, the 9th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 5th Central Committee designated Fei Xiaotong as Executive Vice Chairperson. ↑ On 10 January 1987, the 14th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 5th Central Committee unanimously designated Gao Tian as Executive Vice Chairperson.

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