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陈云

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Chényún
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Meanings

  1. 1 Chen Yun (1905–1995), Chinese Communist leader and economist, one of the 'Eight Elders' of the CCP and principal architect of PRC planned-economy policy

Examples

陈云是中共八大元老之一。
Chényún shì Zhōnggòng Bā Dà Yuánlǎo zhī yī.
Chen Yun was one of the 'Eight Elders' of the CCP.
陈云主张'鸟笼经济'理论。
Chényún zhǔzhāng 'niǎolóng jīngjì' lǐlùn.
Chen Yun advocated the 'birdcage economy' theory.

Tips

history
A typesetter-turned-revolutionary, Chen ran PRC economic planning from 1949 and was the most influential voice arguing against Deng Xiaoping's faster marketization in the 1980s. His '鸟笼经济' metaphor — a market bird inside a planned-economy cage — shaped China's reform debates for over a decade.
culture
Chen is often paired with Deng as the yin-yang of Chinese reform: Deng pushed opening up, Chen insisted on state control. Xi Jinping's father Xi Zhongxun was his long-time political ally, and Chen's son Chen Yuan headed the China Development Bank.

Stroke Order

陈 chén
云 yún