Liu Bing

Liu Bing (; December 7, 1921 - July 24, 2017) was a People's Republic of China politician. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1938.

Biography Liu Bing was born in Lüdian Township, Yichuan County, Henan. His birth name was Yao Faguang . Orphaned at a young age, in 1938 he went to Yan'an to study at the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University at the age of 17.

Work at Tsinghua In 1956, Liu Bing was transferred to Tsinghua University. In May 1956, at the First Congress of the CCP at Tsinghua University, he was elected Deputy Secretary of the University Party Committee. From that time until the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Liu Bing served continuously as the First Deputy Secretary of the Tsinghua University Party Committee; in this capacity, he assisted the President and Party Secretary, Jiang Nanxiang, in overseeing the daily operations of the Party Committee, and during his tenure, he presided over the formulation of various regulations regarding Party affairs and student affairs. In February 1959, at the Second Congress of the CCP at Tsinghua University, Liu Bing delivered a work report on behalf of the university's First Party Committee. On May 5, 1962, the Third Congress of the CCP at Tsinghua University was convened to elect delegates to the Third Beijing Municipal Party Congress; in accordance with the quota allocated by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the Congress elected 11 full delegates and 2 alternate delegates from Tsinghua University to attend the Beijing Municipal Party Congress, with Liu Bing receiving 263 votes—the highest tally among all candidates. In October 1962, the Fourth Congress of the CCP at Tsinghua University was convened, and Liu Bing once again delivered a work report on behalf of the University Party Committee.

In his later years, Liu Bing authored *Stormy Years*, in which he acknowledged the errors he had committed during the Cultural Revolution and "expressed his sincere apologies."

Death On July 24, 2017, Liu Bing died from illness at Beijing Hospital at the age of 96.

On July 30, 2017, a farewell ceremony for Liu Bing was held at the Babaoshan Funeral Parlor in Beijing.

Wreaths were sent by the seven members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee—Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli; by the four members of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee—Ma Kai, Liu Yandong, Zhang Chunxian, and Zhao Leji; by retired former members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee—including Hu Jintao, Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Wen Jiabao, Song Ping (accompanied by his wife, Chen Shunyao), Li Lanqing, Zeng Qinghong, Wu Guanzheng and Li Changchun; as well as by leaders at various other levels.

Works Liu Bing, *Stormy Years: Reminiscences of the "Cultural Revolution" at Tsinghua University*, Tsinghua University Press, 1998 Liu Bing, *Stormy Years: Tsinghua, 1964–1976*, Contemporary China Publishing House, 2008 Liu Bing, *Stormy Years: Tsinghua, 1964–1976*, Contemporary China Publishing House, 2010 Liu Bing, *Collected Works of Liu Bing*, Gansu People's Publishing House, 2011