Wang Shiming
Wang Shiming | |
|---|---|
| Chinese: 汪世铭 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1896 Tongcheng, Anhui, China |
| Died | 1977 (aged 80–81) China |
| Party | China Democratic Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua School |
| Occupation | Politician, academic |
Wang Shiming (Chinese: 汪世铭; 1896 – 1977), also known as Wang Xinqui and Zhang Ping, was a Chinese politician, military officer, and academic. A native of Tongcheng, Anhui Province, he was associated with the China Democratic Socialist Party and later the China Democratic League. He served as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and was elected as a delegate to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd National People's Congress.[1]
Biography
After graduating from Tsinghua School, Wang pursued further studies in the United States, where he attended the Virginia Military Institute and later undertook graduate studies at Columbia University.[2] Upon returning to China, he served as a regimental commander in the Northeast Army and later became a professor at Hunan University. He subsequently held the position of major general and director within the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Military Affairs Commission of the Nationalist Government.[3]
In 1932, Wang joined the China Democratic Socialist Party (originally known as the National Socialist Party of China). In 1944, he became a member of the China Democratic League and went on to serve in several leadership roles within the organization, including as a member of its first and second central committees and as a standing committee member of its third central committee. He also served as deputy director of the Supervisory Committee at the League's headquarters. In 1947, he participated in organizing the reformist faction within the China Democratic Socialist Party and was one of its leading figures.[4]
In 1948, Wang relocated to Hong Kong. In response to the Chinese Communist Party's "May First Call" in 1948, he took part in political consultations and, in 1949, attended the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as a specially invited delegate.[5] He subsequently served as a counsellor in the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government.[6]
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang was elected as a delegate to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd National People's Congress. He remained active in political advisory roles and united front work during the early decades of the PRC. He died in 1977.[7]
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- ^ 统一戰綫工作手册 (in Chinese). 南京大学出版社. 1986. p. 358. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ^ 中国文化大百科全书: 历史卷 (in Chinese). 长春出版社. 1994. p. 361. ISBN 978-7-80573-879-6. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
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- ^ 辛亥以来人物年里录 (in Chinese). 江苏教育出版社. 1994. p. 308. ISBN 978-7-5343-2076-7. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ^ 秦国生; 胡治安 (1990). 中国民主党派历史, 政纲, 人物 (in Chinese). 山东人民出版社. p. 227. ISBN 978-7-209-00722-1. Retrieved 2026-03-19.