ABSTRACT

One of the Party’s foremost spokesmen on national minority affairs. 1950–4 secretary general Central South Military and Admin. Committee and vice chairman of its nationalities committee. 1952–4 vice chairman GAC Nationalities Commission. 1955–9 deputy director CCP.CC United Front Work Dept. Held a number of senior posts in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference until the Cultural Revolution when he was severely criticised.