Revised edition of Chen Yun's works published to mark 120th birth anniversary

BEIJING, June 13 (Xinhua) -- A revised three-volume collection of works by Chen Yun has been published to mark the 120th birth anniversary of the veteran Chinese leader.

The new edition, which expands upon the original collection of Chen's works published in June 2005, features 401 works by Chen between October 1935 and October 1986, totaling about 1.36 million Chinese characters.

Significant updates include the addition of 15 previously uncollected writings, six of which are being made publicly available for the first time.

Chen was born in 1905 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1925. He died of illness in 1995 at the age of 90. He was recognized as a great proletarian revolutionary and statesman, and as one of the founding figures of the country's socialist economy.

He was a key member of both the Party's first generation of central collective leadership with Mao Zedong at the core and the second generation of central collective leadership with Deng Xiaoping at the core.

Compiled by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, the new collection has been published by the Central Party Literature Press. ■