Wang Ming

Wang Ming
王明
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (acting)
In office June 1931 – September 1931
Preceded by	Xiang Zhongfa
Succeeded by	Bo Gu
1st Head of CCP Central United Front Department
In office 1942–1947
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Zhou Enlai
Member of the 6th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
In office 1928–1945
Director of the Legal Committee of the Central People's Government Administration Council
In office 21 October 1949 – 27 September 1954
Premier	Zhou Enlai
Personal details
Born	Chen Shaoyu (1904-05-23)23 May 1904 Jinzhai, Anhui, Qing dynasty
Died	27 March 1974(1974-03-27) (aged 69) Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Meng Qingshu (孟庆树)
Relations	Huang Lianfang (stepmother; 黄莲芳)
Children	Chen Fangni (陈芳妮) Chen Danzhi (陈丹芝) Chen Danding (陈丹丁)
Parent(s)	Chen Pinzhi (陈聘之) Yu Youhua (喻幼华)
Alma mater	Wuhan University Moscow Sun Yat-sen University
Occupation	Politician

Wang Ming (Chinese: 王明; pinyin: Wáng Míng; May 23, 1904 – March 27, 1974) was a senior leader of the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the mastermind of the famous 28 Bolsheviks group.^[1] Wang was also a major political rival of Mao Zedong during the 1930s, opposing what he saw as Mao's nationalist deviation from the Comintern and orthodox Marxist–Leninist lines. According to Mao on the other hand, Wang epitomized the intellectualism and foreign dogmatism Mao criticized in his essays "On Practice" and "On Contradiction". The competition between Wang and Mao was a reflection of the power struggle between the Soviet Union, through the vehicle of the Comintern, and the CCP to control both the direction and future of the Chinese Communist Revolution.