Rong Yiren

Rong Yiren

Rong Yiren (May 1, 1916 - October 26, 2005), male, from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. In 1937, he graduated from the History Department of St. John's University in Shanghai and is a member of civil engineering construction. He is an outstanding representative of modern Chinese national industrialists and businessmen.

Former vice chairman of the people's Republic of China, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the sixth and Seventh National People's Congress, vice chairman of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, former chairman of the all China Federation of industry and commerce, and former chairman of China International Trust and investment Corporation.

Biography of characters

In his early years, he received the enlightenment education of Chinese and Western culture. After graduating from the History Department of St. John's University in Shanghai in 1937, he was the assistant manager of Wuxi Maoxin flour company. He was also a director of Shanghai Hefeng enterprise company in 1939. In 1943, he also served as the director and manager of Shanghai Sanxin bank. He was the manager of Wuxi Maoxin flour company in 1945. After 1950, he successively served as general manager of General Management Office of Shenxin textile company, chairman of Evergrande Textile Co., Ltd., chairman of Shanghai flour industry association and member of financial and Economic Committee of East China Administrative Committee. He was vice mayor of Shanghai and vice chairman of Shanghai Federation of industry and Commerce in 1957. In 1959, he was Vice Minister of the Ministry of textile industry, consultant of the state import and Export Administration Commission, and President of the China Association for promoting peaceful reunification. He was vice chairman of the fifth CPPCC National Committee in 1978. in 1979, he served as chairman and general manager of China International Trust and Investment Corporation. From 1982 to March 2001, he served as vice chairman of Soong Ching Ling Foundation. After 1982, he served as a member of the Drafting Committee of the basic law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and chairman of the board of directors of Jinan University. He was elected vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the sixth and Seventh National People's Congress in 1983 and chairman of the Sixth Executive Committee of the all China Federation of industry and Commerce in the same year. He served as honorary president of the first ARATS from December 1992 to 1993. He served as vice president of the people's Republic of China from March 1993 to March 1998. he resigned as chairman of China International Trust and Investment Corporation in March 1993. He was elected honorary president of the Third Council of China Poverty Alleviation foundation on September 9, 1996. At 20:31 on October 26, 2005, he died of illness in Beijing at the age of 89. He has successively served as vice chairman (vice chairman) of the first to fifth Executive Committee of the all China Federation of industry and commerce, the sixth chairman, and member and vice chairman of the first to fourth Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the people's Republic of China. Deputy to the first, second, third and Eighth National People's Congress (Shanghai), member of the fourth and Fifth National People's Congress Standing Committee, member of the second National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, member of the third and fourth National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference Standing Committee.

Character life

Family members

Father: Rong Desheng; uncle: Rong Zongjing. Madam: Yang Jianqing died of illness in Hong Kong on January 8, 2014 at the age of 96. He has four daughters and a son.

Personal hobbies

Amateur photography, camera collection, rose; football, especially women's football.

Character story

Rong Yiren was born in a famous industrial and commercial family in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province on May 1, 1916. He received the enlightenment education of Chinese and Western culture in his early years. After graduating from the History Department of St. John's University in Shanghai in 1937, he was in the period of Japan's full-scale invasion of China. Rong Zongjing fled to Hong Kong from Shanghai and died in February of the following year. Rong Yiren, who was only a weak champion in 1949, began to assist his father in running a large family business. He has successively served as assistant and manager of Wuxi Maoxin flour company, director of Shanghai Hefeng enterprise company, director and manager of Shanghai Sanxin bank, and has gradually become the representative of more than 20 family businesses of Rong family. On the eve of the founding of the people's Republic of China, other members of the Rong family, like other capitalists in Shanghai, left the mainland one after another, and Rong Yiren decided to stay. In 1956, after careful consideration, he handed over his business empire to the state free of charge, making outstanding contributions to the industrial revitalization of new China and winning universal respect. Chen Yi, then Vice Premier of the State Council, was elected vice mayor of Shanghai for Rong Yiren as an old mayor, "because he is both patriotic and capable, he should be elected as a national leader." After 1957, Rong Yiren became Vice Mayor of Shanghai and vice minister of the Ministry of textile industry. In 1950, as a guest of Chairman Mao Zedong, he and other special guests who attended the second session of the first session of the CPPCC National Committee for the first time went to eat at Chairman Mao's residence in Yinian hall, Zhongnanhai, and just sat at the second table, Premier Zhou. Premier Zhou met 34 year old Rong Yiren and said humorously, "Oh, young people!" This is the first time that Rong Yiren has been so close to the prime minister, and the first time that he has had dinner with a leader of the Party Central Committee. The prime minister's nickname for him as a "young man" has since spread. It has been almost half a century since the incident happened. Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou's amiability and respect are always bright in Rong Yiren's memory. From 1949 to 1959, Rong Yiren worked in Shanghai. Once, Zhang qinqiu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of textile industry, came to him and said, "it's almost 10 years since the founding of the people's Republic of China. The premier hopes you can work in Beijing and become vice minister of the Ministry of textile. This is the job you are most familiar with. Let's do it together. " It turned out that Chairman Mao asked Deng Xiaoping, then general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, to recommend several non party people as ministers. Deng recommended two people, one of whom was Rong Yiren. Zhang qinqiu came at the order of Premier Zhou. Rong Yiren understood that the Party Central Committee valued him and agreed. The Ministry of textile hoped that he could take office in Beijing before the national day, but Rong Yiren started in three days. At the Beijing Hotel, Rong Yiren happened to meet Premier Zhou when he went for a haircut. The premier said cordially, "you're here, very good. Welcome to work in Beijing. " Fearing that Rong Yiren was not used to living in Beijing for the first time, the premier specially said, "you can stay in Beijing for half a year and Shanghai for half a year." Rong Yiren listened to the warm heart, said: "thank you for your concern, to work in Beijing, I will get used to it." In the cultural revolution, Rong Yiren was in adversity, and there was no place for heroes. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, Rong Yiren began his new life. In order to explore the way of international economic cooperation, with the support of Deng Xiaoping, China International Trust and Investment Corporation, a CITIC investment institution directly under the State Council, was established in October 1979. Deng Xiaoping hired Rong Yiren to be the first president of the company with the courtesy of looking after the cottage three times. Before long, Rong Yiren brought CITIC into full play with the strategy of Shanghai capitalists and the strong background of the Chinese government. in the first year of the company's establishment, Rong Yiren has received more than 4000 guests from 40 countries and regions, and more than 3000 people from China have come to negotiate business. Rong Yiren spared no effort to recruit talents and hired former US Secretary of state Kissinger, who made great contributions to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, as an adviser, which became a popular talk. CITIC's tentacles extend to various fields, including banks, trading companies, law firms, accounting firms and other functions, covering loans, import and export trade, consulting, international bidding agency and other businesses, and has accumulated valuable experience in international economic cooperation. First, overseas bonds. In the early 1980s, Jiangsu Yizheng Chemical fiber project, one of China's 22 major projects, was ready to step down due to insufficient investment. China is in urgent need of chemical fiber products, and the loss of this project is unpredictable. The Ministry of textile asked CITIC for help. After careful study, CITIC put forward the method of issuing bonds overseas. In February 1981, CITIC successfully issued 10 billion yen bonds in Japan. Today, all kinds of corporate bonds are listed one after another, which people are used to. At that time, CITIC's move once caused controversy. People who are used to the closed thinking of "neither foreign debt nor domestic debt" are really hard to understand. Some conservative people also disagree that the bond interest rate is higher than that of general government loans and import and export loans, saying that CITIC has done a loss business. However, facts are better than arguments. Yizheng Chemical fiber factory has proved that CITIC's choice is correct with outstanding benefits. This fund-raising initiative is known as "Yizheng mode". At 20:31 on October 26, 2005, he was an outstanding representative of China's modern national businessmen, an outstanding national leader, a great patriotic fighter, the former vice chairman of the people's Republic of China, the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the sixth and Seventh National People's Congress, the vice chairman of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, and the former chairman of the all China Federation of industry and commerce, Rong Yiren, former chairman of China International Trust and Investment Corporation, died of illness in Beijing at the age of 89. over the next few years, CITIC issued bonds in different currencies in Japan, Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong. In 1984 alone, it successfully issued four bonds overseas, with a total of 30 billion yen, 300 million Hong Kong dollars, 150 million West German marks of public bonds and 100 million US dollars of bonds. It has won valuable financial assistance for China's industrialization. while issuing bonds, CITIC boldly expanded its leasing business. In 1981, CITIC, Beijing Mechatronics Co., Ltd. and a Japanese company jointly set up a leasing company for the "Beijing" and "capital" of Beijing. In 1956, Mao Zedong visited Shanghai Zhongxin textile factory. In 1956, Mao Zedong visited Shanghai Zhongxin textile factory. Two taxi companies rented 200 cars from Japan. CITIC helped the taxi company solve the foreign exchange problem, while the car company did not Pay RMB. Although some people accused the plan of importing in disguise when it was first proposed, in less than two years, the cars rented by the two rental companies earned back all the money they paid. Since then, the leasing business has been in CITIC

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