Overseas Chinese Newspaper - Wan Li, former member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), died in Beijing on July 15, 2015, at the age of 99 after a long illness. Wan Li (December 1, 1916 - July 15, 2015), infant name Xiufeng, training name Wan Mingli, a native of Dongping, Shandong Province, was one of the former main leaders of the Communist Party of China and the People's Republic of China, as well as a veteran of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Secretary of the Secretariat of the Eleventh and Twelfth CPC Central Committees, and a member of the Twelfth and Thirteenth CPC Central Committee Political Bureau. Wan Li has served as Vice Premier of the State Council and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, among other important positions.

    BBC - the longest living among the founding fathers of the Communist Party of China (CPC)

    The news of Wan Li's death was first revealed to the Surfing News by Wan Bo'ao, Wan Li's son. CCTV, Xinhua News Agency and other official media officially announced the news more than three hours later.Wan Li retired in 1993. He adhered to the "three no's" principle of "don't ask questions, don't care about things, don't get into trouble," and spent his days with his grandchildren. Wan Boao, Wan Li's son, said in an interview with Liu Chang, a reporter from the CPC News, about the relationship between Wan Li and Deng Xiaoping, "My father has been following Deng Xiaoping for a long time since he joined the Party, and he became Deng's right-hand man. Father learned a lot from working with Deng Xiaoping: decisiveness, firmness, a keen eye for things, a dialectical way of dealing with affairs, and so on; and Deng Xiaoping trusted his father because in times of crisis, he was able to carry on and accomplish his tasks excellently."

    South China Morning Post - If you want rice, look for Miles.

    Sichuan and Anhui are considered to be the two provinces that unveiled the prelude to China's rural reforms, hence the saying "If you want to eat rice, look for Wanli; if you want to eat grain, look for Ziyang". The reason was that after the crushing of the Gang of Four, Wan Li, the first secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, was involved in spearheading the first salvo of rural reforms, implementing production to the group, production to the household, and granting production autonomy to the peasants. Later, Wan Li was transferred to the central government, where he was in charge of the national rural reform and popularized the household responsibility system. The news of Wan Li's death was first reported by Penghui News, which is extremely rare in the field of reporting the deaths of high-ranking mainland officials. Usually, news of the death of high-ranking officials, especially those at the national level, is first released by Xinhua, the official news agency. Wan Li's son, Wan Boao, once said that Wan Li and Xi Zhongxun, President Xi Jinping's father, were very close friends and had a deep friendship.

    Caixin.com - Veteran Wan Li dies at 99, promotes reforms and legal system with outstanding achievements

    In June 1977, Wan Li was transferred to be the first secretary of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the CPC. Wu Xiang, who was deputy director of the Rural Development Research Center of the State Council and deputy secretary-general of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, assisted Wanli in promoting rural reform in Anhui that year. Wu Xiang said, "It was the current situation of extreme poverty in rural Anhui that made Wan Li choose a desperate path." Under his strong impetus, the "package production to household" program was formally implemented in Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, the poorest village in Anhui, at the end of 1978, and Deng Xiaoping eventually took a stand and argued against it, helping Wanli to complete the reforms. Wan Li is recognized as the pioneer of China's rural reform. Wan recalled that his father said more than once, "If you are not in your position, you don't seek to do anything. For me, not asking questions, not caring about things, not getting into trouble, is strong support for the responsible leaders in power." Wan Li made three specific provisions for himself: not to participate in ribbon-cutting, foundation laying and other official activities; no longer hold honorary positions; not to write a preface or inscription.

    Surfing.com - Wanli family style: strictly prohibit family members to promote and mobilize under their own banner

    In the people's imagination, Wan Li was knocked down, his family also followed him to suffer a lot, and now Wan Li has been honored to rise to the vice premier, his family should also enjoy the treatment, who knows, Wan Li's requirements for them are more stringent than in the past. Not only stipulates that they go to Zhongnanhai visit time, but also stipulates that no matter when, no matter who, are not allowed to do private business under his banner, especially personal job promotion, job transfer, specific details and not allowed to use his red telephone to make phone calls, not allowed to use the car for private use, and so on. Since Wanli became vice premier of the ban on the family is more. But there have been exceptions. Qiu Luguang, the son of Qiu Huizuo, a member of the Lin Biao clique, performed well in the army, and because of Qiu's problems, the army immediately demobilized him. However, Beijing did not dare to accept his demobilization, so Qiu Luguang was unable to get a household registration, not to mention being unable to get a job. Qiu Luguang approached Wan Zhongxiang to tell him about his plight and asked him to pass on a letter he had written to Wan Li. Wan Zhongxiang dared to break the ban to reflect the situation to Wan Li, and handed over a letter of request for help. I did not expect Wan Li read the letter soon after the instructions to let the following solution, but also said: "father is father, son is son, the Communist Party which can not engage in "Zhu Lian" that set." After receiving Wan Li's instructions, the relevant departments soon applied for Qiu Luguang's household registration in Beijing and arranged an appropriate job.

Netizen Comments -

    Liu Shengjun Reform V: ["Reform General" Wan Li: People's Daily is a bus] Wan Li: "Don't care what it (People's Daily) says, we should do what we want to do; @People's Daily is a "bus". We can't listen to them, we can't change the policies we've already implemented! If production doesn't go up and peasants go hungry, should we look to your county committee or to the People's Daily? Can the People's Daily take care of your food?"

    Founder of the new model of network advertising operations: [Wanli is a reformer with a sense of responsibility] "To eat rice, look for Wanli", six simple characters, but behind the double battle of ideology and personnel, the entanglement of interests, Wanli himself, to have the spirit of responsibility for the people, a strong sense of responsibility, and skillful political wisdom, to resolve the ideological resistance to break the "left" ideology. Ideological resistance, break the "left" thinking - calling for more reform officials to master, work, do things, do things.

    Qian Gang V: Wan Li: "An important drawback in our political system is the excessive centralization of leadership power and an unsound decision-making system." "Leaders should respect people's democratic right to fully express their opinions, and should not be afraid of people speaking differently, or even speaking against themselves.

    Party People's Tablet V: [Anhui grain production data] 16,842,000 tons in '76, production and increase in subsequent years: 77, 1500.5, -10.1; 78, 1482.6, -1.2; 79, 1609.6, 8.6; 80, 1453.9, -9.7. In '76, Anhui's population of 45,590,000 per capita yielded 370 kilograms, and its population of 48,930,000 per capita 297 kilograms. Source: China Statistics Press, Compilation of Statistical Data on 50 Years of New China, 1999.