Yu Guangyuan
Yu Guangyuan 于光遠 | |
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| Born | 5 July 1915 |
| Died | 26 September 2013 (aged 98) |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
| Known for | Market economic reform in China, Marxism |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics, philosophy, physics |
| Institutions | Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
| Notable students | Wu Jinglian, Chen Yuan, Yang Xiaokai |
Yu Guangyuan (Chinese: 于光遠; pinyin: Yú Guāngyuǎn; born as 郁鐘正; pinyin: Yù Zhōngzhèng; 5 July 1915 – 23 September 2013) was a Chinese economist, philosopher, and a senior official of the People's Republic of China. Yu was recognized as one of the first proponents of the reform and opening up in China and the theory of "the Primary Stage of Socialism". He was a close adviser of and speech-writer for the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.
Yu was a senior member of the Political Research Office of the State Council, a deputy president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a deputy director of the State Science and Technology Commission of the State Council.