Gui Shiyong (; February 1935 – 28 November 2003) was a Chinese economist and politician who served as director of the State Council Research Office from 1998 to 2001. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th and 10th

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. He was a representative of the 14th and

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. He was an alternate member of the

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and

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, and a member of the

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Biography

Gui was born in

Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...

Zhejiang ) , translit_lang1_type2 = , translit_lang1_info2 = ( Hangzhounese) ( Ningbonese) (Wenzhounese) , image_skyline = 玉甑峰全貌 - panoramio.jpg , image_caption = View of the Yandang Mountains , image_map = Zhejiang i ...

, in February 1935. In 1950, he entered the

Renmin University of China The Renmin University of China (RUC) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The ...

, majoring in industrial planning. He joined the

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(CCP) in July 1956. He became an assistant research fellow of the

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in September 1956, and served until November 1969, when he was sent to the

May Seventh Cadre Schools May Seventh Cadre Schools () were a system of rural communes throughout mainland China established during the Cultural Revolution to train Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres to follow the mass line, including through the use of manual labor. O ...

to do farm works in Qianjiang,

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. During his term in office, he studied

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

under eminent economist Sun Yefang. During the

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, Gui, alongside , , and other four economists were labeled as "Eight Heavenly Guardians" () of the "Anti-Party Alliance" () of

Zhang Wentian Zhang Wentian; 30 August 1900 – 1 July 1976), also known as Luo Fu ( zh, c=洛甫, w=Lo Fu (30 August 1900 – 1 July 1976) was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Born in Nanhui District, ...

and Sun Yefang, and was also denounced as the "Revisionist Seedling" () cultivated by Sun Yefang. His''Seventy Articles of Industry'' () and its propaganda materials were criticized as "Big Poisonous Weeds" () by the

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. Starting in March 1973, he successively served as research fellow, deputy director, and director of the State Planning Commission (now

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). He was eventually promoted to secretary-general in June 1988. From March 1987 to June 1988, he also served a short term as deputy editor-in-chief of the ''

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'', the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party. In September 1988, he became deputy director of the State Council Research Office, rising to director in March 1998. He concurrently served as vice president of the

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between July 1994 and November 1999. On 28 November 2003, he died from an illness in

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, at the age of 68.

Publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gui, Shiyong 1935 births 2003 deaths Politicians from Hangzhou Economists from Zhejiang Renmin University of China alumni Chinese economists People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Alternates of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Alternates of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party