23 Facts About Ren Bishi

Ren Bishi was a military and political leader in the early Chinese Communist Party.

Ren Bishi was considered a rising figure within the CCP until his death at the age of 46.

Ren Bishi was the fifth most senior party member of the 7th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party before his death.

Ren Bishi was born in rural Hunan to a teacher's family.

Ren Bishi entered Hunan First Normal University in 1915 and collaborated with Mao Zedong to set up the Russian Research Center at the school in 1920.

Ren Bishi joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1922 and replaced Qu Qiubai as the translator of the history of Western revolutionary movements.

Under the orders of the Party, Ren Bishi was appointed to be a lecturer of the Russian language at Shanghai University.

Ren Bishi was appointed to the Zhejiang and Anhui District Committee in 1924 and was responsible for publications such as China Youth, Mission Journal and Friends of Civilians.

In January 1925, Ren Bishi attended the Socialist Youth League of China's Third National People's Congress as the praesidium and changed the organization's name from "Socialist Youth League" to the "Chinese Communist Youth League".

Ren Bishi was arrested by the local warlord in Nanling County, Anhui Province while attempting to attend a meeting by the Communist Youth League.

Ren Bishi was reelected as a Politburo member on 7 January 1931 during the extended Fourth Plenary Session of the CCP.

In lieu of his actions against Mao, in the 7th Plenary Session of the CCP, Ren Bishi admitted that his actions were wrong and the result of a "moment of sectarian activity".

Ren Bishi halted the counter-revolutionary plans and released Wang Shoudao, Zhang Qilong and others to expand the Red Sixth Army to the Sixth Army Group.

Ren Bishi met with the Red Third Army on 24 October 1934 in Yinjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou and formed the Red Second Army Group under the command of He Long.

Ren Bishi was then the political commissar of the Red Second Army.

Ren Bishi returned to Yan'an on 26 March 1940, serving in the Secretariat and the Organizational Department of the CCP.

Ren Bishi was part of a team that concluded the leadership problems between the Fourth Plenary Session and the Zunyi Conference in the "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of the CCP" report.

On 26 August 1946, Ren Bishi began drafting his proposal on establishing the Communist Youth.

When violence against landlords as part of the land reform movement surged in early 1948, Ren Bishi was one of the party leaders who criticize the movement.

Ren Bishi announced a policy shift in January 1948, guaranteeing that targets of the movement would nonetheless be allowed to keep a share of property.

Also in 1948, Ren Bishi attended the Xibaipo Conference with Zhou, Liu, and Zhu De.

However, Ren Bishi's condition worsened and he had to be transferred to Moscow for further treatment.

Ren Bishi was our model and best party member, an outstanding revolutionary.