Ye Xuanping

Ye Xuanping
叶选平
Governor of Guangdong
In office 1985–1991
Preceded by	Liang Lingguang
Succeeded by	Zhu Senlin
Mayor of Guangzhou
In office 1980–1985
Preceded by	Liang Lingguang
Succeeded by	Zhu Senlin
Personal details
Born	20 December 1924 Meixian, Guangdong, China
Died	17 September 2019(2019-09-17) (aged 94) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Parent(s)	Ye Jianying Feng Hua
Relatives	Ye Xuanning (half-brother), Zou Jiahua (brother-in-law)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	叶选平
Traditional Chinese	葉選平
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Xuǎnpíng Wade–Giles Yeh4 Hsüan3-p’ing2 IPA [jê ɕɥɛ̀npʰǐŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Jip6 Syun2 Peng4 IPA [jip̚˨ syn˧˥.pʰɛŋ˩]

Ye Xuanping (Chinese: 叶选平; 20 December 1924^[1] – 17 September 2019) was a Chinese politician, who served as Mayor of Guangzhou from 1980 to 1985 and Governor of Guangdong, his native province, from 1985 to 1991. Ye was a strong supporter of Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening policy. Under his leadership, Guangdong grew economically prosperous and gained significant autonomy from Beijing. Concerned about his power, the national government manoeuvred to relieve him of the governorship, but allowed him to maintain his power base in Guangdong. He subsequently served as Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1991 to 2003.

Ye was the eldest son of Ye Jianying, one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China, who was instrumental in overthrowing the Gang of Four and ending the Cultural Revolution. After the death of his father, he became the patriarch of their powerful family, dubbed the "Ye Dynasty".