By: Chen Li, a Chinese journalist and former editor-in-chief of China Daily, the communist government's main English-language newspaper, has died at age 77.
Chen died Saturday in Beijing of an illness, the China Daily reported Monday.
Chen joined the China Daily in 1982 after holding a series of reporting and editing jobs at government newspapers and a book publishing house, the newspaper said. He was the top editor from 1986-93.
Born in 1929 in Shanghai to the family of a leading figure in the then-Nationalist regime, Chen "chose a different road and joined the Chinese revolution," the newspaper said. It gave no details of his role in the communists' rise to power in 1949.
Chen began his journalism career at the Tianjin Daily newspaper in 1949 and was sent to report on the Korean War armistice talks in 1953.
As China Daily's editor-in-chief, he oversaw creation of its Shanghai edition, the English-language Beijing Weekend magazine and other publications, the paper said.
"We mustn't stand still," Chen was quoted as saying. "We should keep creating something fresh in a pioneering spirit."
After retirement, Chen served as a member of the government's top noncommunist advisory body.
He is survived by his wife, Zhang Yanping, two sons and two grandchildren, the China Daily said. No information on funeral services was made public.
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