Wang Shih-ying

1908

China

Wang was in Shansi by the early fall of 1949 where he served as a vice-governor under governors Ch'eng Tzu-hua, Lai Jo-yii, and P'ei Li- sheng. Within the next few years he assumed a host of other positions in the government and Party organizations in Shansi. In governmental work he became a member of the Finance and Economics Committee in August 1950 and chairman of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee in June 1952. Then in April 1956 he succeeded P'ei Li-sheng as governor, P'ei having been transferred to the Academy of Sciences in Peking. In the Shansi Party structure, Wang was by 1951 deputy director of the Propaganda Department; he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Shansi Party by 1953, and was then promoted to deputy secretary by May 1955 and secretary by July 1959 (under First Secretary Tao Lu-chia). Wang was also prominent in Shansi in the local organization of the CPPCC, the principal legislative arm of the regime until the establishment of the NPC in 1954. Wang represented Shansi when he attended the important second and third sessions of the CPPCC held in Peking in June 1950 and October-November 1951, respectively, at the former the important Land Reform Law was adopted, and at the latter major decisions were taken to promote economic austerity in order to bolster the war effort in Korea. With this background in CPPCC work in Shansi and Peking, it was natural that he should have been elected a vice-chairman of the First Shansi CPPCC when it was formed in February 1955, a position he was to hold until the second provincial committee of the Shansi CPPCC was formed in August 1959. Wang was also active in Shansi in one of the more important of the “people’s” organizations, the China Peace Committee, of which he was chairman by November 1950. In 1953 election committees were formed in all provinces in preparation for the 1954 elections to the NPC. Wang chaired the Shansi Election Committee, established in May 1953, and when the 1954 elections were held he was elected a Shansi deputy to the First NPC (1954-1959). He was re-elected from Shansi to the Second NPC (1959-1964), but apparently because of his transfer to Peking he was not elected to the Third NPC, which first met in late 1964. During the 1953-54 period Wang served on two “comfort” delegations which visited PLA units, he accompanied Ho Lung to Korea in October-November 1953 to entertain and inspect Chinese troops there, and in February 1954 visited troops in north China and Inner Mongolia. Relatively little was heard of Wang in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. In fact, Wei Heng served as acting governor of Shansi from late 1956 until December 1958, at which time he replaced Wang as the governor. Wang did, however, submit a written statement before the fourth session of the NPC in July 1957 on the necessity to struggle against nature to insure good harvests, and in May 1958 he served on the funeral committee for Central Committee member Lai Jo-yii, a former superior in Shansi in the early 1950’s. In April 1959, Wang was named to the Third National Committee of the CPPCC as a specially invited personage and at the close of the session was selected for membership on the Standing Committee, the organ charged with the management of the CPPCC when the National Committee is not in session. At this same time he was also appointed a vice-chairman of the Literary and Historical Source Materials Research Committee under the CPPCC, a committee headed by Party Central Committee alternate Fan Wen-an, the most important Party historian in China. This last appointment suggested a transfer from Shansi to Peking, for after August 1959 Wang was no longer reported in Shansi. In fact, he did not appear again in public until July 1963, when he was on hand to welcome back Teng Hsiao-p'ing to Peking following the unsuccessful meetings held with Soviet leaders in Moscow to resolve Sino-Soviet conflicts. Other facts, however, suggest that Wang was working behind the scenes in disciplinary and inspection work. In September 1962, the 10th Party Plenum adopted the decision to expand the important Central Control Commission, the watchdog organization of the Central Committee. Wang was among those appointed to the expanded Control Commission. Information on Wang continues to be minimal. Aside from the welcome for Teng Hsiao- p’ing and membership on funeral committees for two men of marginal importance, the only other mention of Wang in the press came at the first session of the Fourth CPPCC National Committee. The session was held in December 1964-January 1965 with Wang again a “specially invited personage.” And when the session closed he was re-elected to the Standing Committee. He was not, however, reappointed to a vice-chairmanship of the CPPCC’s Literary and Historical Source Materials Research Committee. It may be that his main assignment under the Party's Control Commission is to provide guidance to the members of the CPPCC, many of whom are non-Communists cooperating with the regime.

Wang Shih-ying

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Wang was in Shansi by the early fall of 1949 where he served as a vice-governor under governors Ch'eng Tzu-hua, Lai Jo-yii, and P'ei Li- sheng. Within the next few years he assumed a host of other positions in the government and Party organizations in Shansi. In governmental work he became a member of the Finance and Economics Committee in August 1950 and chairman of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee in June 1952. Then in April 1956 he succeeded P'ei Li-sheng as governor, P'ei having been transferred to the Academy of Sciences in Peking. In the Shansi Party structure, Wang was by 1951 deputy director of the Propaganda Department; he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Shansi Party by 1953, and was then promoted to deputy secretary by May 1955 and secretary by July 1959 (under First Secretary Tao Lu-chia). Wang was also prominent in Shansi in the local organization of the CPPCC, the principal legislative arm of the regime until the establishment of the NPC in 1954. Wang represented Shansi when he attended the important second and third sessions of the CPPCC held in Peking in June 1950 and October-November 1951, respectively, at the former the important Land Reform Law was adopted, and at the latter major decisions were taken to promote economic austerity in order to bolster the war effort in Korea. With this background in CPPCC work in Shansi and Peking, it was natural that he should have been elected a vice-chairman of the First Shansi CPPCC when it was formed in February 1955, a position he was to hold until the second provincial committee of the Shansi CPPCC was formed in August 1959.

Wang was also active in Shansi in one of the more important of the “people’s” organizations, the China Peace Committee, of which he was chairman by November 1950. In 1953 election committees were formed in all provinces in preparation for the 1954 elections to the NPC. Wang chaired the Shansi Election Committee, established in May 1953, and when the 1954 elections were held he was elected a Shansi deputy to the First NPC (1954-1959). He was re-elected from Shansi to the Second NPC (1959-1964), but apparently because of his transfer to Peking he was not elected to the Third NPC, which first met in late 1964. During the 1953-54 period Wang served on two “comfort” delegations which visited PLA units, he accompanied Ho Lung to Korea in October-November 1953 to entertain and inspect Chinese troops there, and in February 1954 visited troops in north China and Inner Mongolia.

Relatively little was heard of Wang in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. In fact, Wei Heng served as acting governor of Shansi from late 1956 until December 1958, at which time he replaced Wang as the governor. Wang did, however, submit a written statement before the fourth session of the NPC in July 1957 on the necessity to struggle against nature to insure good harvests, and in May 1958 he served on the funeral committee for Central Committee member Lai Jo-yii, a former superior in Shansi in the early 1950’s.

In April 1959, Wang was named to the Third National Committee of the CPPCC as a specially invited personage and at the close of the session was selected for membership on the Standing Committee, the organ charged with the management of the CPPCC when the National Committee is not in session. At this same time he was also appointed a vice-chairman of the Literary and Historical Source Materials Research Committee under the CPPCC, a committee headed by Party Central Committee alternate Fan Wen-an, the most important Party historian in China. This last appointment suggested a transfer from Shansi to Peking, for after August 1959 Wang was no longer reported in Shansi. In fact, he did not appear again in public until July 1963, when he was on hand to welcome back Teng Hsiao-p'ing to Peking following the unsuccessful meetings held with Soviet leaders in Moscow to resolve Sino-Soviet conflicts. Other facts, however, suggest that Wang was working behind the scenes in disciplinary and inspection work. In September 1962, the 10th Party Plenum adopted the decision to expand the important Central Control Commission, the watchdog organization of the Central Committee. Wang was among those appointed to the expanded Control Commission.

Information on Wang continues to be minimal. Aside from the welcome for Teng Hsiao- p’ing and membership on funeral committees for two men of marginal importance, the only other mention of Wang in the press came at the first session of the Fourth CPPCC National Committee. The session was held in December 1964-January 1965 with Wang again a “specially invited personage.” And when the session closed he was re-elected to the Standing Committee. He was not, however, reappointed to a vice-chairmanship of the CPPCC’s Literary and Historical Source Materials Research Committee. It may be that his main assignment under the Party's Control Commission is to provide guidance to the members of the CPPCC, many of whom are non-Communists cooperating with the regime.

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In January 1946 a cease-fire arrangement was agreed upon by the Nationalists and Communists, an agreement brought about by American General George C. Marshall. To implement this, an Executive Headquarters was established in Peking, with representatives from the Nationalists, the Communists, and the Americans. In addition, field teams were established in many Chinese cities to deal with local problems in keeping the peace. Wang was the Communist member of the team stationed in Hsu-chou (Suchow) in northwestern Kiangsu. When the truce collapsed in early 1947, these teams were, of course, disbanded.

Wang was not reported again until January 1949 when Communist forces captured Tientsin. There he served as a member of the quasi-military organization which governed the city, the Tientsin Military Control Commission. In addition, from May 1949 he served as deputy commander (under Yang Ch’eng-wu) of the Tientsin Garrison. But before the year was out he had been transferred to the northwest, the area in which he had first achieved prominence with the Communists in the mid-1940’s.

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