Shi Ping (politician)

Shi Ping (Chinese: 施平; 1 November 1911 – 29 June 2024) was a Chinese academic, political administrator, and supercentenarian.

Biography
Shi was born Shi Eryi on 1 November 1911, in Dayao, Yunnan. Between February and August 1931 he studied at the University of Nanking, moving to Zhejiang University in September of the same year and studied there until June 1936.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1938, and joined as a soldier and fought with the New Fourth Army in 1941 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. At the time of his death, he was the most senior surviving member of the New Fourth Army.

Shi became vice president of Beijing Agricultural University in 1953, holding the post until 1960.

From 1978 to 1983, he was the CCP committee secretary for East China Normal University. Shi served as secretary general of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress from 1983 to 1985.

Personal life and death
Shi and his wife had a son, Shi Huailin (1935–1987) and Shi's grandson is biophysicist and university president Shi Yigong.

Shi died on 29 June 2024, at the age of 112 years, 268 days. At the time of his death, he was one of the oldest men in the world.