Yao Yilin

Yao Yilin
姚依林
4th and 6th Director of the State Planning Commission
In office June 1987 – December 1989
Premier	Zhao Ziyang Li Peng
Preceded by	Song Ping
Succeeded by	Zou Jiahua
In office August 1980 – June 1983
Premier	Zhao Ziyang
Preceded by	Yu Qiuli
Succeeded by	Song Ping
5th First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
In office 25 March 1988 – 5 March 1993
Premier	Li Peng
Preceded by	Wan Li
Succeeded by	Zhu Rongji
Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
In office 1978–1982
Leader	Hua Guofeng Hu Yaobang
Preceded by	Wang Dongxing
Succeeded by	Hu Qili
Minister of Commerce
In office 18 August 1978 – October 1978
Premier	Hua Guofeng
Preceded by	Wang Lei [zh]
Succeeded by	Jin Ming
Personal details
Born	William Yiu Hak-kwong (1917-09-06)September 6, 1917 British Hong Kong
Died	December 11, 1994(1994-12-11) (aged 77) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1935–1994)
Spouse(s)	Zhou Bin Hong Shouzi
Relations	Wang Qishan (son-in-law) Meng Xuenong (son-in-law)
Children	Yao Mingrui[1] Yao Mingshan Yao Mingduan Yao Mingwei
Alma mater	Tsinghua University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1935–1949
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War

Yao Yilin (Chinese: 姚依林; pinyin: Yáo Yīlín; September 6, 1917 – December 11, 1994) was a Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1979 to 1988, and the country's First Vice Premier from 1988 to 1993.^[2]