Wang Zhen was a Chinese political figure who was one of the Eight Elders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was the 4th Vice President of China and served under Chinese Presidents Yang Shangkun and Li Xiannian. Wang Zhen was the first Vice Chairman to serve in the Central Advisory Commission, under Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.
General Wang Zhen in 1955
The Wang Zhen's Statue aheads the Army Reclamation Museum in Shihezi, Xinjiang, China
The Eight Great Eminent Officials, abbreviated as the Eight Elders, were a group of elderly members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who held substantial power in the last two decades of the 20th century. In the English-speaking world, these men are often called The Eight Immortals as an allusion to the Taoist deities commonly known as the Eight Immortals.
Image: Deng Xiaoping at the arrival ceremony for the Vice Premier of China (cropped)
Image: 1959 Chen Yun (cropped)
Image: Li Xiannian 1985
Image: Yang Shangkun 2