Sun Yefang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Sun Yefang (Chinese: 孙冶方; 24 October 1908 – 22 February 1983) was a pioneering Chinese economist.

Sun Yefang
孙冶方
Born	(1908-10-24)24 October 1908 Wuxi County, Jiangsu, Qing China
Died	22 February 1983(1983-02-22) (aged 74) Beijing, China
Other names	Xue Eguo, Sun Mianzhi, Song Liang
Occupation	Economist
Years active	1950s–1980s
Spouse	Feng Keping
Academic background
Alma mater	Moscow Sun Yat-sen University
Academic work
Discipline	Economics
Sub-discipline	Marxist economics Socialist market economy
Institutions	Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences National Bureau of Statistics of China State Planning Commission
Notable students	Gui Shiyong
Notable works	Selected Works of Sun Yefang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	孫冶方
Simplified Chinese	孙冶方
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sūn Yěfāng
Xue Eguo
Chinese	薛萼果
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xuē Èguǒ
Sun Mianzhi
Traditional Chinese	孫勉之
Simplified Chinese	孙勉之
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sūn Miǎnzhī
Song Liang
Chinese	宋亮
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sòng Liàng

Biography

Former Residence of Sun Yefang

Sun was born in Wuxi County (now Wuxi), Jiangsu, on 24 October 1908. His elder brother Xue Mingjian (1895–1980) was a politician in the government of the Republic of China. His cousin Xue Muqiao was an economist and politician.

He studied at Sun Yat-sen University and after graduation, he taught political economy and translation at Sun Yat-sen University and at Moscow East Worker University.

In 1930, he returned to China to take part in organizing the China Rural Economy Research Association. He also edited the journal Zhongguo Nongcun (中国农村, Rural China).

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 Sciences; 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 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.

Personal life

Sun married Feng Keping (洪克平), and had an adopted daughter named Li Zhao (李昭).