As the core of the second generation leaders Deng shared his power with the two most powerful men after him: Li Xiannian and Chen Yun.

Much of Li's rapid political promotion was due to the support of Party elder Chen Yun.

The conservatives (" the left ", led by Chen Yun ) said that the reforms have gone too far, and advocated for a return to greater state control to ensure social stability and to better align with the party's socialist ideology.

Immediately after the coup d ’ état, Hua Guofeng, who appeared to be Mao's designated successor, Marshall Ye Jianying, and economic czars Chen Yun and Li Xiannian formed the core of the next party leadership.

He soon arranged for a number of other prominent Communists to join the Political Department, including Chen Yi, Nie Rongzhen, Yun Daiying, and Xiong Xiong.

At this Congress Liu stood together with Deng Xiaoping and Peng Zhen against those who supported Mao's policies, led by Chen Yun and Zhou Enlai.

With the waning influence of Deng Xiaoping and the other members of Eight Elders due to old age, and with the help of old and powerful party and state leaders, former President Li Xiannian and Chen Yun, Jiang effectively became the " Paramount Leader " in the 1990s.

As the protests escalated and then Party-chief Zhao Ziyang was removed from office, Jiang was selected by the Party leaders as a compromise candidate over Tianjin's Li Ruihuan, Premier Li Peng, Li Xiannian, Chen Yun, and the retired elders to become the new General Secretary.

His most reliable allies were the powerful party elders – Chen Yun and Li Xiannian.

Among Beijing's Party elders, Chen Yun and Li Xiannian were notably critical of Zhao and his policies.

Despite his criticism of Zhao, Chen Yun was the Party elder most respected by Zhao, and Zhao would frequently attempt to consult with Chen before implementing new policies.

As late as April 1989, one month before the dramatic end of Zhao's career, Deng assured Zhao that he had secured the support of Chen Yun and Li Xiannian for Zhao to serve two more full terns as Party General Secretary.

Before the opening of the 14th National Congress of the CPC in 1992, the Party's senior leaders, including Deng and Chen Yun, were to select candidates for the Politburo Standing Committee to ensure a smooth transition of power from the so-called second-generation leaders ( Deng, Chen, Li Xiannian, Wang Zhen, etc.

The chairmen were Deng Xiaoping ( 1982-1987 ) and Chen Yun ( 1987-1992 ).

First, not only did the Crown Prince Party cause some resentment among the general public, but they also caused resentment within the vast major of Party members who did not have a powerful relative ; for example, Chen Yuan, son of Chen Yun ; and Chen Haosu, son of Chen Yi lost their election in Beijing and had to be transferred to other positions.

* Son of Chen Yun: Chen Yuan ( 陈元 ), governor of the State Development Bank of China

Local provincial warlords who seized or enhanced their power included Li Zongren of the New Guangxi Clique, Yan Xishan of the Shanxi clique, Feng Yuxiang and his Northwestern or Guominjun Clique, Tang Shengzhi in Hunan, Chiang Kuang-Nai in Fujian, Sheng Shicai of Xinjiang, Long Yun of Yunnan, Wang Jialie of Guizhou, Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui of the Sichuan Clique, Han Fuqu of Shandong, Bie Tingfang ( 别廷芳 ) of Henan, the Ma Clique of Ma Bufang and his family in Qinghai, Ma Hongkui in Ningxia, and Ma Zhongying in Gansu, Chen Jitang and his Cantonese Clique, Lu Diping ( 鲁涤平 ) of Jiangxi and Jing Yuexiu ( 井岳秀 ) of Shaanxi.

Chen Yun ( pronounced ; 13 June 1905 – 10 April 1995 ) was one of the most influential leaders of the People's Republic of China during the 1980s and 90's.

Influenced by his time in Japan, Chen founded the Anhui Patriotic Association ( 安徽愛國會 ) in 1903 and the Yuewang Hui ( 岳王會 ) in 1905.

Anti-Manchu revolutionaries like Chen Tianhua ( 1875 – 1905 ), Zou Rong ( 1885 – 1905 ), and Zhang Binglin ( 1868 – 1936 ) tried to foster the racial consciousness they thought was missing from their compatriots, and thus depicted the Manchus as racially inferior barbarians who were unfit to rule over Han Chinese.

* 1983 – Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor

* 1952 – Chen Kaige, Chinese director

* 1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang ; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.

In ancient China, large canals for river transport were established as far back as the Warring States ( 481 – 221 BC ), the longest one of that period being the Hong Gou ( Canal of the Wild Geese ), which according to the ancient historian Sima Qian connected the old states of Song, Zhang, Chen, Cai, Cao, and Wei.

File: Chen Jieru. jpg | Chen Jieru ( 陳潔如, " Jennie ", 1906 – 1971 ) Lived in Shanghai.

While married to Mao, Chiang adopted two concubines ( concubinage was still a common practice for well-to-do, non-Christian males in China ): he married Yao Yecheng ( 姚冶誠, 1889 – 1972 ) in 1912 and Chen Jieru ( 陳潔如, 1906 – 1971 ) in December 1921.

* Chen Duxiu, General Secretary 1921 – 1922 and 1925 – 1927

* 1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese-American actress and beauty pageant titleholder

* 1969 – Chen Wei, Chinese dissident

* 1981 – Ella Chen, Taiwanese singer and actress ( S. H. E )

* 1953 – Wu Shu-chen, Chinese wife of Chen Shui-bian

* 1974 – Yang Chen, Chinese footballer

* 1970 – Julie Chen, American television presenter

* 1986 – Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player

* 1970 – Bill Chen, American poker player and software designer

# Chen Li-fu ( 陳立夫 ) ( 1929 – 1931 )

* 1999 – Nathan Chen, American figure skater

* 1990 – Chen Kenmin, Japanese chef ( b. 1912 )

" He was heavily influenced by several teachers at the school, including the professor of ethics, Yang Changji, who urged Mao and his other students to read a radical newspaper, New Youth ( Hsien Ch ' ing-nien ), which was the creation of his friend Chen Duxiu ( 1879 – 1942 ), Dean of the Faculty of Letters at Peking University.

* 1958 – Sisy Chen, Taiwanese politician and television commentator

* 1961 – Chen Geng, Chinese military leader ( b. 1903 )

* 1976 – Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater