Shen Zhiyuan

Shen Zhiyuan
Shen Zhiyuan
Chinese: 沈志远
Personal details
Born	January 6, 1902; Xiaoshan, Zhejiang, Qing China
Died	January 26, 1965 (aged 63); Shanghai, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party; China Democratic League
Alma mater	Communist University of the Toilers of China
Occupation	Philosopher, economist
Known for	Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Shen Zhiyuan (Chinese: 沈志远; January 6, 1902 – January 26, 1965), originally named Shen Huichun and also known by the aliases Shen Guanlan and Wang Jianqiu, was a Chinese philosopher and economist from Xiaoshan, Zhejiang. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party and later the China Democratic League. Shen was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955 and served as a researcher and director at the Shanghai Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His academic work focused primarily on Marxist philosophy and economics.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Shen was born on January 6, 1902, in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province. In 1913 he enrolled at Zhejiang Provincial First Middle School. He later graduated in 1922 from the affiliated secondary school of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In 1924 he began teaching at Jingxian Girls' Middle School in Songjiang.^[3]

Shen joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1925 and in March of that year became a teacher at the affiliated middle school of Shanghai University. In December 1926 he went to the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University for further study. In June 1929 he was admitted to the China Research Institute of the Communist Academy in Moscow. He later graduated in 1931 from the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University.^[4]

After returning to China, Shen worked as a university lecturer and professor between 1933 and 1938, teaching at Jinan University in Shanghai, Peking University, and Northwest University. During this period he devoted himself to the teaching and research of Marxist philosophy and political economy.^[5] In 1944 Shen joined the China Democratic League. In July 1946 he became professor and head of the Department of Economics at Dade College.^[6]

People's Republic of China period

Several representatives during the Preparatory Committee for the New Political Consultative Conference. From right: Chu Tunan, Jian Bozan, Shen Junru, Zhou Enlai, Wu Han, and Shen Zhiyuan.

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Shen held several public positions. In 1951 he served in the East China Military and Political Commission and held posts including director of the Counsellors' Office and deputy director of the Committee of Culture and Education. From 1951 to 1957 he served as chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the China Democratic League.^[7]^[8]

In 1955 Shen was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In May of the same year he was elected vice chairman of the first Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[9] In 1956 he became a researcher and director of the Shanghai Institute of Economics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Shen authored several influential works in Marxist economics, including Outline of New Economics and Outline of Planned Economics.^[10]

Shen died in Shanghai on January 26, 1965, at the age of 63.^[11]

References

^ 钟祥财 (1995). 法币政策前后中国的货币理论 (in Chinese). 上海社会科学院出版社. p. 40. ISBN 978-7-80515-999-7. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 中华人民共和国大辞典 (in Chinese). 中国国际广播出版社. 1989. p. 600. ISBN 978-7-80035-190-7. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 丁孝智 (2001). 五四以来中囯商业经济思想的发展 (in Chinese). 广东人民出版社. p. 95. ISBN 978-7-218-03709-7. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 中原寻根: 源于河南千家姓 (in Chinese). 河南人民出版社. 1994. p. 338. ISBN 978-7-215-03070-1. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 楚图南 (1993). 楚图南文选 (in Chinese). 中共党史出版社. p. 258. ISBN 978-7-80023-562-7. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 卜祥记 (2000). 哲海探航: 20世纪中国哲学的艰辛开拓 (in Chinese). 西苑出版社. p. 124. ISBN 978-7-80108-353-1. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 中國当代经济学家传略 (in Chinese). 辽宁人民出版社. 1986. p. 171. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 毛泽东 (1988). 毛泽东哲学批注集 (in Chinese). 中央文献出版社. p. 518. ISBN 978-7-5073-0000-0. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 上海名人辞典, 1840-1998 (in Chinese). 上海辞书出版社. 2001. p. 226. ISBN 978-7-5326-0596-5. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 中囯民主党派上海市地方組织志 (in Chinese). 上海社会科學院出版社. 1998. p. 510. ISBN 978-7-80618-505-6. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
^ 上海名人名事名物大观 (in Chinese). 上海人民出版社. 2005. p. 121. ISBN 978-7-208-05281-9. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[m272-1] 钟祥财 (1995). 法币政策前后中国的货币理论 (in Chinese). 上海社会科学院出版社. p. 40. ISBN 978-7-80515-999-7. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[a440-2] 中华人民共和国大辞典 (in Chinese). 中国国际广播出版社. 1989. p. 600. ISBN 978-7-80035-190-7. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[g641-3] 丁孝智 (2001). 五四以来中囯商业经济思想的发展 (in Chinese). 广东人民出版社. p. 95. ISBN 978-7-218-03709-7. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[y385-4] 中原寻根: 源于河南千家姓 (in Chinese). 河南人民出版社. 1994. p. 338. ISBN 978-7-215-03070-1. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[z956-5] 楚图南 (1993). 楚图南文选 (in Chinese). 中共党史出版社. p. 258. ISBN 978-7-80023-562-7. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[g717-6] 卜祥记 (2000). 哲海探航: 20世纪中国哲学的艰辛开拓 (in Chinese). 西苑出版社. p. 124. ISBN 978-7-80108-353-1. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[u913-7] 中國当代经济学家传略 (in Chinese). 辽宁人民出版社. 1986. p. 171. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[q420-8] 毛泽东 (1988). 毛泽东哲学批注集 (in Chinese). 中央文献出版社. p. 518. ISBN 978-7-5073-0000-0. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[x643-9] 上海名人辞典, 1840-1998 (in Chinese). 上海辞书出版社. 2001. p. 226. ISBN 978-7-5326-0596-5. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[q639-10] 中囯民主党派上海市地方組织志 (in Chinese). 上海社会科學院出版社. 1998. p. 510. ISBN 978-7-80618-505-6. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[b111-11] 上海名人名事名物大观 (in Chinese). 上海人民出版社. 2005. p. 121. ISBN 978-7-208-05281-9. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

[12] Note 1: Zhang Lan was elected Chairperson at the Fourth and Fifth (Enlarged) Meetings of the 1st Central Committee on 20 December 1949, and died on 9 February 1955.

[13] Note 2: Shen Junru was nominated as Acting Chairperson at the Enlarged Provisional Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee on 10 February 1955.

[14] Note 3: Shen Junru was elected Vice Chairperson at the Fourth and Fifth (Enlarged) Meetings of the 1st Central Committee on 20 December 1949.

[15] Note 4: Zhang Bojun, Luo Longji, Ma Xulun, Shi Liang, and Gao Chongmin were elected Vice Chairpersons at the Seventh Plenary Session of the 1st Central Committee on 8 June 1953.

[16] Note 5: Hu Yuzhi was elected Secretary-General at the 42nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 1st Central Committee in 1953.

[17] Note 6: Zhang Dongsun was expelled from the China Democratic League in May 1953.

[18] Note 1: Zhang Bojun was removed from the position of Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee and demoted to Standing Committee Member of the Central Committee.

[19] Note 2: Luo Longji was removed from the position of Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee and retained as a Member of the Central Committee.

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v t e 1st Central Committee of the China Democratic League
December 1949 – February 1956
Chairperson	Zhang Lan^{[note 1]}→Shen Junru (Acting)^{[note 2]}
Vice Chairpersons	Shen Junru^{[note 3]} Zhang Bojun^{[note 4]} Luo Longji Ma Xulun Shi Liang Gao Chongmin
Secretary-General	Hu Yuzhi^{[note 5]}
Standing Committee Members	Zhang Lan Shen Junru Zhang Bojun ~~Zhang Dongsun~~^{[note 6]} Huang Yanpei Luo Longji Ma Xulun Peng Zemin Shi Liang Zhou Xinmin Pan Guangdan Zhou Jingwen Li Zhangda Qiu Zhe Hu Yuzhi Shen Zhiyuan Yang Mingxuan Gao Chongmin Xu Guangping Guo Zechen Li Xiangfu Chu Tunan Li Wenyi Wu Han Zeng Zhaolun Deng Chumin Yang Bokai
Members of the Central Political Bureau	Zhang Lan Shen Junru Zhang Bojun ~~Zhang Dongsun~~ Huang Yanpei Ma Xulun Luo Longji Shi Liang Peng Zemin Zhou Xinmin
Secretary-General	Zhang Bojun
^ Note 1: Zhang Lan was elected Chairperson at the Fourth and Fifth (Enlarged) Meetings of the 1st Central Committee on 20 December 1949, and died on 9 February 1955. ^ Note 2: Shen Junru was nominated as Acting Chairperson at the Enlarged Provisional Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee on 10 February 1955. ^ Note 3: Shen Junru was elected Vice Chairperson at the Fourth and Fifth (Enlarged) Meetings of the 1st Central Committee on 20 December 1949. ^ Note 4: Zhang Bojun, Luo Longji, Ma Xulun, Shi Liang, and Gao Chongmin were elected Vice Chairpersons at the Seventh Plenary Session of the 1st Central Committee on 8 June 1953. ^ Note 5: Hu Yuzhi was elected Secretary-General at the 42nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 1st Central Committee in 1953. ^ Note 6: Zhang Dongsun was expelled from the China Democratic League in May 1953.

v t e 2nd Central Committee of the China Democratic League
February 1956 – December 1958
Chairperson	Shen Junru
Vice Chairpersons	~~Zhang Bojun~~^{[note 1]} ~~Luo Longji~~^{[note 2]} Ma Xulun Shi Liang Gao Chongmin
Secretary-General	Hu Yuzhi
Standing Committee Members	Qiu Zhe ~~Ye Duyi~~ Liu Qingyang Wu Han Li Wenyi Li Xiangfu ~~Shen Zhiyuan~~ Xin Zhichao Zhou Xinmin Zhou Jingwen Chen Wangdao Hu Yuzhi Xu Shouxuan ~~Ma Zhemin~~ Xu Jie Xu Guangping Guo Zechen ~~Guo Qiaoran~~ Peng Zemin ~~Zeng Zhaolun~~ Hua Luogeng ~~Fei Xiaotong~~ Min Ganghou Huang Yanpei ~~Huang Yaomian~~ Yang Mingxuan Chu Tunan ~~Pan Dakui~~ ~~Pan Guangdan~~ Deng Chumin ~~Qian Duansheng~~ Sa Kongliao ~~Han Zhao'e~~
Note: Names struck through were designated as rightists at the 17th (Enlarged) Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League in late January 1958. ^ Note 1: Zhang Bojun was removed from the position of Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee and demoted to Standing Committee Member of the Central Committee. ^ Note 2: Luo Longji was removed from the position of Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee and retained as a Member of the Central Committee.