Yuan Mu

Yuan Mu (December 23, 1927 - December 13, 2018) was a native of Zhaoyang Town, Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province. A journalist by training, he served as spokesperson of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, director of the Research Office of the State Council, and member of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. During the Tiananmen Square Incident in 1989, as the spokesperson of the State Council, he had many conversations with students and released news on behalf of the State Council.