11 Facts About Ye Jizhuang

Ye Jizhuang was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician nicknamed the "Red Manager".

Ye Jizhuang was admitted to Guangdong Provincial Law and Politics School in 1912, and worked in the local governments of Jiangmen and Xinxing after graduating in 1914.

Ye Jizhuang joined the Chinese Communist Party at the end of that year.

Ye Jizhuang was a co-founder of the Seventh Army of the Chinese Red Army and served as Director of its Political Department.

Ye Jizhuang remembered that Ye specifically asked everybody not to overeat, as it could be dangerous immediately after starvation.

Ye Jizhuang worked on developing agriculture, manufacturing, foreign trade, and medical care for the Yan'an base, which was under economic blockade from the Kuomintang government in Chongqing.

Ye Jizhuang became incapacitated by another stroke in 1964, and his deputy Lin Haiyun took over as acting minister in 1965.

Ye Jizhuang was pressured to incriminate his former superior Deng Xiaoping, but refused to do so.

Ye Jizhuang was politically rehabilitated after the end of the Cultural Revolution.

Ye Jizhuang is recognized as an essential figure in the logistics of the People's Liberation Army during wartime, and the management of foreign trade of the early PRC.

Ye Jizhuang is honoured as the "Red Manager" of the Communist Party.