Li Zheng (educator) explained

Office1:Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Term Start1:1949
Term End1:1975
1Blankname1:Chairman
1Namedata1:Mao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
Office2:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start2:January 1948
Term End2:1949
1Blankname2:President
1Namedata2:Sun Fo
Office3:President of Beiping Normal University
Term Start3:July 1932
Term End3:August 1945
Predecessor3:Xu Xusheng
Successor3:Li Jinxi
Li Zheng
Native Name:李蒸
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:22 May 1895
Birth Place:Luanzhou, Hebei, China
Death Place:Beijing, China
Party:Kuomintang
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
Parents:Li Zhentang
Alma Mater:Beijing Normal University
Columbia University

Li Zheng (; 22 May 1895 – 2 February 1975), courtesy name Yunting, was a Chinese educator and politician.[1]

Biography

Li was born in Luanzhou (today's Tangshan), Hebei, on May 22, 1895.[1] He lost his mother when he was young. He secondary studied at Tianjin High School. He studied English at Beijing Higher Normal School (now Beijing Normal University) before pursuing advanced studies at Columbia University in the United States in 1923.[1]

Li returned to China in 1928 and successively taught at Peking University, Beiping University and Beiping Normal University.[1] In July 1932, he was appointed president of Beiping Normal University.[2] In 1948, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee.[1] On March 24, 1949, the Executive Yuan held a meeting and decided to appoint Shao Lizi, Zhang Zhizhong, Huang Shaohong, Zhang Shizhao and Li Zheng as representatives of the peace talks.[1] On April 1, Zhang Zhizhong, Li Zheng and others arrived in Beiping. Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai talked to Zhang Zhizhong, Shao Lizi and Li Zheng to exchange views.[1] After the breakup of the Peace Talks, he announced his secession from the Kuomintang.[1]

In September 1949, Li was elected a member of the 1st National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1] He became a counsellor of the Government Council of the Central People's Government.[1] He was a member of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1] He was a member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.[1]

On February 2, 1975, he died of a heart attack.

References

Notes and References

  1. zh. Sun Jie (Chinese: 孙杰) . Li Yuzhu (Chinese: 李玉珠). zh:李蒸:西北师范教育的拓荒者 . Li Zheng: Pioneer of Normal Education in Northwest China . Education and Vocation . 31 . 2011 .
  2. zh. Zong Xusheng (Chinese: 宗绪盛). zh:鲜为人知的国立北平师范大学平民学校 . Civilian School of National Beiping Normal University . China Reading Weekly . 5 . 9 November 2016 .