Sun Sunquan

Sun Sunquan
Sun's portrait for the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Born1903 (1903)
DiedSeptember 22, 1965(1965-09-22) (aged 61–62)
Alma materBeijing Normal University
Occupation(s)Activist, educator, politician
Political partyJiusan Society
China Democratic League
SpouseTan Pingshan
Sun Sunquan
Traditional Chinese孫蓀荃
Simplified Chinese孙荪荃
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Sūnquán

Sun Sunquan (1903  1965) was a Chinese educator, activist, and politician. She headed Beijing No.1 School for Girls, participated in the December 9th Movement in 1935, and was a delegate to the first Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1949. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, she worked as a counsellor for the State Council until her death in 1965.