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