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[[file: Lin Ruo.JPEG|thumb|250px|left|Lin Ruo, the late Chinese reformist]]
The recently deceased '''Lin Ruo''' ('''林若''') (Oct., 1924-Oct. 7, 2012) once stood at the head of [[Guangdong Province]]. Until this day he remains best known for his supportive role in the pilot reform of the province.

A Guangdong native, Lin was a 1945 bachelor graduate from the literature school at [[Sun Yat-sen University]]. That same year, he joined [[the Communist Party of China]] ([[CPC]]) and became a local party cadre after the founding of [[the People’s Republic of China]] ([[PRC]]).

He was reappointed as local party secretary in [[Zhanjiang]], [[Guangdong Province]] in 1971, five years after he had been kicked out of the country’s political arena amid the chaos that was [[the Cultural Revolution]] (1966-1976).

[[file: LR.JPEG|thumb|200px|Lin Ruo]]

He also gained some knowledge of media management when serving as party secretary of the [[Nanfang Daily Press Group]] in 1973. The group later became one of the country’s most influential media organs, popular for its investigative stories published in its weekend newspaper--[[Southern Weekly]].

Lin was considered an audacious reformist for his pioneering trials in family-farming and price reform during his tenures from the late 1970s to the 1980s.

When serving as party secretary of [[Guangdong Province]] from 1982 to 1990, he was seen as an iron fist beating down on corruption as well as a feverish advocate for enhancing the power of the legal monitoring system.

Lin also served as member of the central committee of [[the Communist Party of China]] from 1982 to 1991.

He died in 2012 at the age of 89.

[[category: people]]
[[category: reformist]]
[[category: Guangdong People]]

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