Shi Ping (politician)

Shi Ping
Shi Ping
施平
	Ping, c. 1937–1938
Vice President of China Agricultural University
	In office; 1953–1960
Secretary of East China Normal University
	In office; 1978–1983
Secretary General of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
	In office; 1983–1985
Personal details
Born	1 November 1911; (age 112 years, 235 days); Dayao County, Yunnan, Qing dynasty (present day China)
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Yang Lin (died 1935)
Children	1 son, Shi Huailin (5 January 1935 - 21 September 1987)
Relatives	Shi Yigong (grandson)

Shi Ping (Chinese: 施平, born 1 November 1911)[1][2][lower-alpha 1] is a Chinese former academic, political administrator and supercentenarian. He is currently the oldest living person in China, and, if verified, the oldest living man in the world.

Biography

Shi was born on 1 November 1911, in Dayao, Yunnan. Between February and August 1931 he studied at the University of Nanking, moving to Zhejiang University in September of the same year and studied there until June 1936.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1938[1], joining and fighting within the New Fourth Army in 1941 during the Second Sino-Japanese War as a soldier. As of June 2024, he is the most senior surviving member of the New Forth Army

Shi became vice president of Beijing Agricultural University in 1953, holding the post until 1960.

From 1978 to 1983, he was the CCP Committee Secretary for East China Normal University. Shi served as Secretary General of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress from 1983 to 1985.

Personal life

Shi's grandson is biophysicist and university president Shi Yigong.[3]

Notes

Some sources state his date of birth as 1st November 1912

References

"收到总书记的回信后，这位110岁的新四军老战士写下一行字". Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
Supercentenarians, the110club.com. Accessed 18 June 2024.
"施一公百岁爷爷专访：从成功学运到受困的教育改革". 搜狐教育 (in Chinese). Learning.sohu.com. 5 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

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[3] Some sources state his date of birth as 1st November 1912

[Supercentenary-1] "收到总书记的回信后，这位110岁的新四军老战士写下一行字". Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

[2] Supercentenarians, the110club.com. Accessed 18 June 2024.

[4] "施一公百岁爷爷专访：从成功学运到受困的教育改革". 搜狐教育 (in Chinese). Learning.sohu.com. 5 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2021.