Sun was born into a poor peasant family in Shou County, Anhui, on 7 January 1917.

[1] In 1933, he joined the Communist Youth League of China during his apprenticeship at the Great Wall Bookstore in Shanghai.

[1] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he successively engaged in secret party work in Guangzhou, Chongqing, Guiyang and other places.

He continued to engage in secret party work as a member of the Kuomintang, until the liberation of northeast China.

[1] 01 Foreign Affairs Chen Yi P 02 National Defense Lin BiaoPSC 03 State Planning Commission Li FuchunP 04 National Economic Commission Bo Yibo 05 Science and Technology Commission Nie Rongzhen 06 Public Security Xie Fuzhi 07 Internal Affairs Zeng Shan 08 Ethnic Affairs Commission Ulanhu 09 Ministry of Agriculture Liao Luyan 010 State Farms and Land Reclamation Wang Zhen 011 Forestry Liu Wenhui 012 Aquatic Products Xu Deheng 013 Metallurgical Industry Lü Dong 014 Chemical Industry Gao Yang 015 First Ministry of Machine Building Duan Junyi 016 Second Ministry of Machine Building Liu Jie 017 Third Ministry of Machine Building Sun Zhiyuan 018 Fourth Ministry of Machine Building Wang Zheng [zh] 019 Fifth Ministry of Machine Building Qiu Chuangcheng 020 Sixth Ministry of Machine Building Fang Qiang [zh] 021 Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Wang Bingzhang 022 Eighth Ministry of Machine Building Chen Zhengren 023 Coal Industry Zhang Linzhi 024 Petroleum and Chemical Industries Yu Qiuli 025 Water Resources and Electric Power Fu Zuoyi 026 Geology Li Siguang 027 Building Construction Li Renjun [zh] → Liu Yumin [zh] 028 Building Materials Industry Lai Jifa 029 Textile Industry Jiang Guangnai 030 Light Industry Li Zhuchen 031 Railways Lü Zhengcao 032 Transport Sun Daguang 033 Posts & Telecommunications Zhu Xuefan 033 Material Management Yuan Baohua 034 Labor Ma Wenrui 035 Finance Li XiannianP 036 Food Sha Qianli 037 Ministry of Commerce Yao Yilin 038 Foreign Trade Ye Jizhuang 039 Culture Lu Dingyi 040 Education He Wei [zh] 041 Higher Education Jiang Nanxiang 042 Ministry of Health Qian Xinzhong 043 Commission for Physical Culture and Sports He Long 044 Foreign Cultural Liaison Committee Zhang Xiruo 045 Foreign Economic Liaison Committee Fang Yi 046 Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission Liao Chengzhi 047 Second Ministry of Light Industry Xu Yunbei 048 National Basic Construction Commission Gu Mu 01 Foreign Affairs　　Huang Hua → Wu Xueqian 02 National Defense　　Xu Xianqian → Geng Biao → Zhang Aiping 03 State Planning Commission　　Yu Qiuli → Yao Yilin 04 State Economic Commission　　Kang Shi'en → Yuan Baohua → Zhang Jinfu 05 State Construction Commission　　Gu Mu → Han Guang 06 State Science and Technology Commission　　Fang Yi 07 Ethnic Affairs Commission　　Yang Jingren 08 Public Security　　Zhao Cangbi 09 Civil Affairs　　Cheng Zihua → Cui Naifu 10 Foreign Trade　　Li Qiang → Zheng Tuobin → Chen Muhua♀ 11 Foreign Economic Relations & Trade　　Chen Muhua♀ 12 Agriculture & Forestry　　Yang Ligong later split into 12-1 Agriculture　　Huo Shilian → Lin Hujia 12-2 Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries　　Lin Hujia 13 Metallurgical Industry　　Tang Ke → Li Dongye 14 1st Ministry of Machine Building　　Zhou Zijian → Rao Bin 15 Agricultural Machinery　　Yang Ligong later merged into 14, 15 Machine Building　　Zhou Jiannan 16 2nd Ministry of Machine Building→Nuclear Industry　　Liu Wei → Zhang Chen♀ 17 3rd Ministry of Machine Building→Aviation Industry　　Lü Dong → Mo Wenxiang → Zhang Jun 18 4th Ministry of Machine Building→Electronics Industry　　Wang Zheng → Qian Min → Zhang Ting 19 5th Ministry of Machine Building→Ordnance Industry　　Zhang Zhen → Yu Yi 20 6th Ministry of Machine Building　　Chai Shufan → An Zhiwen 21 7th Ministry of Machine Building　　Song Renqiong → Zheng Tianxiang 22 Coal Industry　　Xiao Han → Gao Yangwen 23 Petroleum Industry　　Song Zhenming → Kang Shi'en → Tang Ke 24 Chemical Industry　　Sun Jingwen → Qin Zhongda 25 Water Resources and Electric Power　　Qian Zhengying later split into 25-1 Electric Industry　　Liu Lanbo → Li Peng 25-2 Water Resources　　Qian Zhengying 26 Textile Industry　　Qian Zhiguang → Hao Jianxiu♀ → Wu Wenying 27 Light Industry　　Liang Lingguang → Song Jiwen → Yang Bo 28 Railways　　Duan Junyi → Guo Weicheng → Liu Jianzhang → Chen Puru 29 Transport　　Ye Fei → Zeng Sheng → Peng Deqing → Li Qing 30 Posts & Telecommunications　　Zhong Fuxiang → Wang Zigang → Wen Minsheng 31 Finance　　Zhang Jinfu → Wu Bo → Wang Bingqian 32 Culture　　Huang Zhen → Zhu Muzhi 33 Education　　Liu Xiyao → Jiang Nanxiang → He Dongchang 34 Health　　Jiang Yizhen → Qian Xinzhong → Cui Yueli 35 Commerce　　Yao Yilin → Wang Lei → Jin Ming → Wang Lei → Liu Yi 36 Forestry　　Luo Yuchuan → Yong Wentao → Yang Zhong 37 Building Material Industry　　Song Yangchu 38 Agricultural Reclamation　　Gao Yang 39 Food　　Chen Guodong → Zhao Xinchu 40 Eighth Ministry of Machine Building|8th Ministry of Machine Building　　Jiao Ruoyu 41 Justice　　Wei Wenbo → Liu Fuzhi 42 Geology and Mineral Resources　　Sun Daguang 43 Urban-Rural Construction & Environmental Protection　　Li Ximing 44 Labor and Personnel　　Zhao Shouyi 45 Radio, Film & Television　　Wu Lengxi 01 Federation of Supply & Marketing Cooperatives　　Chen Guodong → Niu Yinguan 02 State Physical Education & Sports Commission　　Wang Meng → Li Menghua 03 State Agriculture Commission　　Wang Renzhong → Wan Li 04 Financial and Economic Affairs Commission　　Chen Yun 05 Foreign Investment Regulation Commission　　Gu Mu 06 Import & Export Regulation Commission　　Gu Mu 07 Machine Building Commission　　Bo Yibo 08 National Energy Commission　　Yu Qiuli 09 Commission for Cultural Relations of Foreign Countries　　Huang Zhen 10 Population & Family Planning Commission　　Chen Muhua → Qian Xinzhong 10 Commission for Science, Technology & Industry for National Defense　　Chen Bin