Jin Shaoxian

Jin Shaoxian (1912-March 19, 2003), formerly known as Jin Jialong, also known as Yunqu, was a native of Yangxin County, Hubei Province. Politician of the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. He passed the Higher Civil Service Examination in his early years and served successively as Section Chief of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission of the National Government, Acting Chairman of the Xinjiang Provincial Party Headquarters, President of Xinjiang Daily, Mayor of Dihua City, etc. In 1948, he was elected as the first legislator. In early 1949, he organized the "Sun Wenist Revolutionary Alliance" with Xu Wentian and others. In April of the same year, he was secretly arrested by secret agents in Nanjing. After his release, he moved to Hong Kong. In August, he participated in the 44-person electrified uprising led by Huang Shaohong and announced his separation from the Kuomintang regime. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as a judicial member of the Southwest Branch of the Supreme People's Court and a counselor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government. He was classified as a rightist in 1957 and was corrected in 1979. In his later years, he served as director of the Counselor's Office of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, a standing member of the Central Supervisory Committee of the Kuomintang Revolution, and a member of the Sixth and Seventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is the author of "Jin Shaoxian's Collection of Literary, Historical and Political Commentaries - Strait Thoughts". Died in Chengdu in 2003.