Sun Yefang
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Sun Yefang was a pioneering Chinese economist
.
He studied at Sun Yat-sen University
and after graduation, he taught political economy and translation at Zhongshan University and at Moscow East Worker University.
In 1930, he returned to China to take part in organizing the China Rural Economy Research Association. At this time, he also edited the journal Zhongguo Nongcun ("Rural China") (《中国农村》).
After the Chinese Civil War
, he held positions as head of the Department of Heavy Industry, Shanghai Military Control Commission; Assistant Commissioner, State Statistical Bureau; Director, Economics Institute at the Chinese Academy of Science; Commissioner, Fifth Session of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; delegate, 12th National Party Congress; member, Advisory Commission of the Central Committee of the CCP; member, State Council Academic Appraisal Committee.
Sun advocated market-oriented reforms and was denounced by the Maoists as "China's Liberman" (referring to the Khrushchev-era economist Evsei Liberman
) as a result of a damaging association with Liu Shaoqi
, who was known as China's Khrushchev
".
He was associated with the career of pioneer post-Marxist Chinese liberal Gu Zhun
, acting as the latter's protector during anti-Rightist purges to which he himself was eventually to succumb.
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
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He studied at Sun Yat-sen University
Sun Yat-sen University
Sun Yat-sen University, also unofficially referred to as Zhongshan University , is a prominent university located mainly in Guangzhou, China. The University is named after Dr...
and after graduation, he taught political economy and translation at Zhongshan University and at Moscow East Worker University.
In 1930, he returned to China to take part in organizing the China Rural Economy Research Association. At this time, he also edited the journal Zhongguo Nongcun ("Rural China") (《中国农村》).
After the Chinese Civil War
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was a civil war fought between the Kuomintang , the governing party of the Republic of China, and the Communist Party of China , for the control of China which eventually led to China's division into two Chinas, Republic of China and People's Republic of...
, he held positions as head of the Department of Heavy Industry, Shanghai Military Control Commission; Assistant Commissioner, State Statistical Bureau; Director, Economics Institute at the Chinese Academy of Science; Commissioner, Fifth Session of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; delegate, 12th National Party Congress; member, Advisory Commission of the Central Committee of the CCP; member, State Council Academic Appraisal Committee.
Sun advocated market-oriented reforms and was denounced by the Maoists as "China's Liberman" (referring to the Khrushchev-era economist Evsei Liberman
Evsei Liberman
Evsei Liberman was a Soviet economist who lived in Kharkiv .He was a teacher at the Kharkiv Institute of Peoples Econome, the Kharkiv Institute of Engineering and Economy and the University of Kharkiv....
) as a result of a damaging association with Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...
, who was known as China's Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964...
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He was associated with the career of pioneer post-Marxist Chinese liberal Gu Zhun
Gu Zhun
Gu Zhun 顾准 （1915-1974) was an intellectual, economist and pioneer of post-Marxist Chinese liberalism. A victim of "anti-Rightist" purges he spent his later life in prisons and reeducation centres....
, acting as the latter's protector during anti-Rightist purges to which he himself was eventually to succumb.