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Zhou Enlai

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Zhou Enlai

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Also known as Chou En-lai, Enlai Zhou, Premier Zhou

1st Premier of the People's Republic of China

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Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving as the country's head of government from its founding in 1949 until his death in 1976. He is an important historical figure in Chinese politics and played a significant role in the early development of communist China.

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Jiangsu, China

Zhou Enlai (5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China. From October 1949 until his death in January 1976, Zhou was China's head of government. Zhou served under Chairman Mao Zedong and helped the Communist Party rise to power, later helping consolidate its control, form its foreign policy, and develop the Chinese economy. Description above from the…

Known for

  • A State Film — Self (archive footage)2026
  • Political Cinema — Zhou Enlai2025
  • Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System — Self (archive footage)2023
  • 中国“改革開放”を支えた日本人2019
  • State Funeral — Self (archive footage)2019
  • All Eyes and Ears — Self (archive footage)2015
  • Nixon in China — Self2012
  • A Home Far Away — Self2012
  • Qing Gui Zhou EnLai — 周恩来2008
  • China's Sexual Revolution — Self (archive footage)2008

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Instance of
human
Family name
Zhou
Gender
male
Citizenship
Republic of China
Place of birth
Huai'an District
Place of death
Beijing
Spouse
Deng Yingchao
Occupation
politician
Educated at
Nankai University
Employer
China
Political party
Kuomintang
Languages spoken
German
Religion
atheism
Participant in
Asian–African Conference
Conflict
Long March
Military branch
National Revolutionary Army
Military rank
general
Image
Zhou Enlai MeiyuanXincun17 Nanjing 1946.jpg
Political ideology
communism
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courtesy name
翔宇
Commons category
Zhou Enlai
date of birth
1898-03-05
date of death
1976-01-08
ancestral home
Shaoxing
cause of death
bladder cancer
Commons Creator page
Zhou Enlai
manner of death
natural causes
Commons gallery
周恩来
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Category:Zhou Enlai
name in native language
周恩來
ethnic group
Han Chinese people
relative
Li Peng
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political alignment
far-left politics
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Encyclopedic overview

Courtesy name Chinese翔宇

Zhou Enlai (Chinese: 周恩来; pinyin: Zhōu Ēnlái; Wade–Giles: Chou Ên-lai; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Mao Zedong and aided the Communist Party in rising to power, later helping consolidate its control, form its foreign policy, and develop the Chinese economy.

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