Xue Muqiao, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Xue Muqiao

Chinese economist

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1904

Place of Birth: Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Date of Death: 22-Jul-2005

Profession: politician, economist, Esperantist, journalist

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Xue Muqiao (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Xue Mùqiáo; 25 October 1904 – 22 July 2005) was a Chinese economist and politician.
He was instrumental in introducing and implementing economic reforms that transformed China into a socialist market economy by participating in the development of the ideological concept of a primary stage of socialism. Xue was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province as Xue Yulin (???).
He served as the director of National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China in 1950's.
He was a fellow of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In 2005, Xue received the first Outstanding Achievement Award of Economics in China.