Lin Liyun

Lin Liyun
Lin Liyun
林丽韫
President of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots
	In office; December 1981 – May 1991
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Zhang Kehui
Personal details
Born	March 22, 1933 (age 91); Kiyomizu Town, Taichū Prefecture, Taiwan
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Huang Li (divorced)
Children	2
Alma mater	Peking University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	林丽韫
Traditional Chinese	林麗韞
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lín Lìyùn

Lin Liyun (Chinese: 林丽韫; born 22 March 1933) is a Chinese politician who served as president of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots from 1981 to 1991, vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee from 1991 to 1998, and vice president of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese from 1994 to 2004.^[1]

Biography[edit]

Lin was born in Kiyomizu Town, Taichū Prefecture, Taiwan (now Qingshui District of Taichung, Taiwan) on 22 March 1933, while her ancestral home in Jinjiang, Fujian.^[2] Her father Lin Shuiyong (林水永) was a businessman.^[1] In 1936, due to an earthquake, her family moved to Taipei, where she primarily studied at Taipei Yongle Elementary School [zh].^[1] Four years later, her family emigrated to Kobe, Japan, where she lived for a total of 11 years.^[1] In school, she organized "Taiwanese Students' Association in Japan" and "Reading Association" with her classmates, and read Mao Zedong's On New Democracy and Edgar Snow's Red Star over China and other works, which made her feel good about the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

In July 1952, Lin came to mainland China via British Hong Kong and was admitted to the Department of Biology, Peking University.^[1] Beginning in 1953, she served in several posts in the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, including graduate student, deputy director, and director.^[1] After the Cultural Revolution, in October 1978, she was promoted to become vice president of the All-China Women's Federation and secretary of its secretariat. Lin was president of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots in December 1981, and held that office until December 1991, when she was chosen as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee.^[1] She also served as vice president of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese from June 1994 to August 2004.^[1]

In September 2007, Lin became dean of the School of Foreign Languages, Nankai University, a post she kept until September 2011.^[3]

Lin was married to Huang Li (黄理), with whom she has a son and a daughter.

Since the 1950s, Lin has worked as a Japanese interpreter for Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping and other party and state leaders, and participated in the negotiation of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan in 1972.^[2]^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Wu Siyao (吴思瑶); Xie Lei (吴思瑶) (13 June 2014). “台湾之女”林丽韫：6次当选为中央委员曾见证中日建交. people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b Xu Zongmao (徐宗懋) (16 September 2002). 獨家專訪﹕台灣之女林麗韞——這是我最好的一條路（徐宗懋）. yzzk.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ Liu Yanjun (刘雁军) (24 September 2007). 李肇星林丽韫受聘为南开大学专业学院院长(图). Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ Li Li (李立) (14 June 2022). 亲历台海风云林丽韫亲历中日建交谈判：田中角荣勇敢访华（第192集）. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 July 2022.

Zhang Li (张莉) (2010). 清水之光: 祖国怀抱中的台湾女儿林丽韫 [Light of Qingshui District: Taiwan's Daughter Lin Liyun in the Embrace of the Motherland] (in Chinese). Beijing: Hualing Publishing House. ISBN 9787801787187.

Civic offices
New title	President of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots 1981–1991	Succeeded by Zhang Kehui