Editing Wan Li (section)

{{Short description|Chinese Communist Party leader (1916–2015)}}
{{For|the Ming dynasty emperor with the era name Wanli|Wanli Emperor}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Wan Li
| native_name         = 万里
| image               = File:Wan Li pic.jpg
| imagesize           = 
| caption             = 
| order               = 5th
| office              = Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
| term_start          = 8 April 1988
| term_end            = 27 March 1993
| predecessor         = [[Peng Zhen]]
| successor           = [[Qiao Shi]]
| office1             = [[Vice Premier of China]]
| term_start1         = 6 June 1983
| term_end1           = 25 March 1988
| premier1            = [[Zhao Ziyang]]<br />[[Li Peng]]
| order2              = 3rd
| office2             = Ministry of Railways (China){{!}}Minister of Railways
| term_start2         = January 1975
| term_end2           = December 1976
| predecessor2        = [[Lü Zhengcao]]
| successor2          = [[Duan Junyi]]
| birth_date          = December 1916
| birth_place         = [[Dongping County, Shandong]], China
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|7|15|1916|12}}
| death_place         = [[Beijing]], China
| party               = [[Chinese Communist Party]] (joined in 1936)
| spouse              = Bian Tao (邊濤)
| children            = 5, including [[Wan Jifei]]
| relatives           = Wan Bao Bao (grandchild)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lebal.paris/editions/le-bal-des-debutantes-2003/|title=Le Bal des Débutantes|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| s = 万里
| t = 萬里
| p = Wàn Lǐ
}}
'''Wan Li'''{{family name footnote|lang=Chinese|[[Wan (surname)|Wan]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|万|italic=no}})}} (December 1916 – 15 July 2015) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who served as [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China|First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]] from 1983 to 1988 and the 5th [[Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress]] from 1988 to 1993.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 July 2015 |title=全国人大常委会原委员长万里逝世 享年99岁 |url=http://news.qq.com/a/20150715/040785.htm |access-date=15 July 2015 |publisher=QQ News}}</ref>

Wan joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1936 and led revolutionary and wartime resistance activities in his native Shandong province. After the founding of the communist state in 1949, Wan served in a series of government ministries, then worked as a member of the municipal leadership in Beijing. He was purged during the [[Cultural Revolution]], but was eventually rehabilitated and returned to work as party chief of [[Anhui]] province, where he led the implementation of successful agrarian reforms centered on the [[household-responsibility system]]. In the 1980s, Wan became one of the leading moderate reformers in China's top leadership, advocating for constitutional reforms, the strengthening of legislative institutions, and the [[Abolition of the lifetime tenure system for leading cadres|abolition of 'lifelong-terms' of top political leaders]]. He was named head of the national legislature (i.e., the NPC) in 1988. He retired in 1993. Wan Li was a supporter of [[Socialism with Chinese characteristics]] and even influenced it with his policies.<ref>https://bkds.ustb.edu.cn/en/article/id/f4686a30-5b13-4aed-9f64-49c17c85e560</ref><ref>http://m.tibet.cn/eng/news/focus/201612/t20161206_5656666.html</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/22/wan-li</ref><ref>https://www.ecns.cn/m/2015/07-16/173245.shtml</ref><ref>https://www.scienceopen.com/book?vid=84184e78-3b1f-4c62-b2f6-c4b2e685ff20</ref>