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[[File:Zhou Enlai's list of cadres to be protected at MCPC (20220911161217).jpg|thumb|Draft handwritten by Zhou Enlai]]
'''''A List of Cadres to Be Protected''''' was a roster of prominent individuals compiled by [[Premier of China|Chinese Premier]] [[Zhou Enlai]] in 1966 to ensure their safety during the [[Cultural Revolution]]. The list received approval from Chairman [[Mao Zedong]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Epstein |first=Israel |author-link=Israel Epstein |title=Woman in World History: The Life and Times of Soong Ching-ling |publisher=New World Press |year=1995 |isbn=7-80005-283-4 |location=Beijing |pages=550–551 |language=en}}</ref>
== Background ==
On the night of 29 August 1966, the New [[Peking University]] [[Red Guards]] ransacked [[Zhang Shizhao]]'s residence in Beijing. Early in the morning on 30 August, Zhang wrote a letter to Mao Zedong. Mao issued a directive: "Forward this to the Premier for appropriate action; he should be protected." Zhou Enlai severely criticised those involved, ordered the immediate return of all confiscated books, and assigned personnel to safeguard Zhang Shizhao's home. Additionally, Zhou began drafting the list of the cadres to be protected at that time.<ref name="zhou">关于保护干部的若干文电，周恩来选集·下卷，北京：人民出版社，1984年，第450页</ref> On 1 September, Zhou further instructed the [[301 Hospital]] to prepare for the admission and protection of Zhang Shizhao, Cheng Qian, Fu Zuoyi, Cai Tingkai, Li Zongren, and others.<ref name="zhou" />
== List of protected people ==
The list of individuals designated for protection included: [[Soong Ching-ling]], [[Guo Moruo]], [[Zhang Shizhao]], [[Cheng Qian]], [[He Xiangning]], [[Fu Zuoyi]], [[Zhang Zhizhong]], [[Shao Lizi]], [[Jiang Guangnai]], [[Cai Tingkai]], [[Sha Qianli]], and [[Zhang Xiruo]].
In addition, positions specified for protection were:
* Vice chairpersons and members of the [[Standing Committee of the National People's Congress]], as well as the vice president of the State;
* Ministers and vice ministers of various ministries under the State Council of the People's Republic of China;
* Vice chairpersons of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]];
* Vice premiers of the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China|State Council]];
* Leaders of various [[List of political parties in China|democratic parties]];
* President of the [[Supreme People's Court]] and Procurator-General of the [[Supreme People's Procuratorate]].
[[Li Zongren]] was later added to the list.
=== Protected by name ===
{| class="wikitable"
!scope="col" colspan="2" | Party
!scope="col" | Name
!scope="col" | Image
!scope="col" | Political position
!scope="col" | Note
|-
|{{Party name with color|Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang|abbrev=y}}
|[[Soong Ching-ling]]
|[[File:Soong_Ching-ling_at_CPPCC.jpg|142x142px]]
|Vice president of China
|Madame Sun Yat-sen
|-
|{{Party name with color|Chinese Communist Party|abbrev=y}}
|[[Guo Moruo]]
|[[File:Guo_Moruo_in_1941.jpg|104x104px]]
|Deputy chair of National People's Congress Standing Committee
|
|-
|{{Party name with color no link|None}}
|[[Zhang Shizhao]]
|[[File:章士钊.jpg|143x143px]]
|Member of National People's Congress Standing Committee
|Facilitated Communist take-overs of Beijing and Hunan
|-
|{{Party name with color|Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang|abbrev=y}}
|[[Cheng Qian]]
|[[File:Cheng_Qian2.jpg|149x149px]]
|
* Deputy chair of National People's Congress Standing Committee
* Standing Committee Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
* Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
|Facilitated Communist take-overs of Hunan
|-
|{{Party name with color|Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang|abbrev=y}}
|[[He Xiangning]]
|[[File:He_Xiangning.jpg|153x153px]]
|
* Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
* Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
|Madame [[Liao Zhongkai]]
|-
|{{Party name with color|Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang|abbrev=y}}
|[[Fu Zuoyi]]
|[[File:Fu_Zuoyi.JPG|102x102px]]
|
* Minister of Water Resources and Electric Power of the People's Republic of China
* Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
* Vice Chairperson of the National Defence Commission of the People's Republic of China
* Deputy to the National People's Congress
|Facilitated Communist take-overs of Beijing
|-
|{{Party name with color|Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang|abbrev=y}}
|[[Zhang Zhizhong]]
|[[File:Zhang_Zhizhong.jpg|153x153px]]
|
* Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
* Standing Committee Member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
|Facilitated Communist take-overs of Beijing
|-
|{{Party name with color|Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang|abbrev=y}}
|[[Shao Lizi]]
|[[File:Shao_Lizi.jpg|152x152px]]
|
* Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
* Standing Committee Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
* Standing Committee Member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
|Facilitated Communist take-overs of Beijing
|-
|{{Party name with color|Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang|abbrev=y}}
|[[Jiang Guangnai]]
|[[File:Jiang_Guangnai.jpg|143x143px]]
|
* Minister of the Ministry of Textile Industry of the People's Republic of China
* Deputy to the National People's Congress
* Standing Committee Member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
|Leader of [[Fujian People's Government]]
|-
|{{Party name with color|Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang|abbrev=y}}
|[[Cai Tingkai]]
|[[File:Cai_Tingkai.jpg|151x151px]]
|
* First Vice Chairman of the Sports Commission of the People's Republic of China
* Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
* Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
* Standing Committee Member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
|Leader of [[Fujian People's Government]]
|-
|{{Party name with color|Chinese Communist Party|abbrev=y}}
|[[Sha Qianli]]
|[[File:沙千里.jpg|113x113px]]
|
* Minister of Grain of the People's Republic of China
* Deputy to the National People's Congress
* Standing Committee Member of the Central Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association
* Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce
|
|-
|{{Party name with color no link|None}}
|[[Zhang Xiruo]]
|[[File:張奚若.jpg|150x150px]]
|
* Director of the Cultural Relations Committee of the People's Republic of China
* Standing Committee Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
* Deputy to the National People's Congress
|
|-
|{{Party name with color|Kuomintang|abbrev=y}}
|[[Li Zongren]]
|[[File:李宗仁戎裝照.jpg|149x149px]]
|None
|Former [[president of the Republic of China]]
|}
== References ==
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{{Cultural Revolution}}
[[Category:Cultural Revolution]]
[[Category:China politics-related lists]]
[[Category:Zhou Enlai]]