Qiao Shi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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former Politburo Standing Committee member of the Communist Party of China
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Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
About Qiao Shi
- Qiao Shi (24 December 1924 – 14 June 2015) was a Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Communist Party of China.
- He was a member of the party's top decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, from 1987 to 1997.
- He was a contender for the paramount leadership of China, but lost out to his political rival Jiang Zemin, who assumed the post of General Secretary of the party in 1989.
- Qiao Shi instead served as Chairman of the National People's Congress, then the third-ranked political position, from 1993 until his retirement in 1998.
- Compared with his peers, including Jiang Zemin, Qiao Shi adopted a more liberal stance in political and economic policy, promoting the rule of law and market-oriented reform of state-owned enterprises.
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