Born in 1899 in
Zhejiang, he enrolled into the Zhejiang First Provincial Normal School in 1917. Following the
May Fourth Movement in 1919, he participated in the founding of the magazine "Zhejiang New Trends", and received recognition for his essay "Non-filial" that was published in its 2nd issue regarding the closed family culture of Chinese society. However, he was expelled from the CCP in 1922 and he came back to attend its
2nd National Congress. In the same year, he was elected as the
First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China. In January 1924, he left the
Central Committee to become the CCP's Chairman for the Shanghai Region, and taught at
Shanghai University,
Zhongshan University,
Whompoa Military Academy and
Guangzhou Peasant Movement Institute. At the beginning of 1927 he was the policitcal director at the Central Military and Political School of Wuhan. Following the
Shanghai massacre of 1927 and the end of the
First United Front, Shi left the CCP. The systematic killing of CCP leaders and the breakdown of the communist movement in Shanghai were precipitating factors that made Shi denounce his party membership. He became a professor at
Guangxi University and
Shanghai University. After 1929, he was involved in translating Marxist works, revolutionary and economic theories and during the
Second Sino-Japanese War, he was one of the few people who advocated for the protection of Chinese culture. At the end of 1945 he joined
Huang Yanpei and
Zhang Naiqi in launching the
China Democratic National Construction Association (Democratic National Construction Association). At one point he was elected to the Central Committee and vice chairmanship of the Democratic National Construction Association. In 1949, he attended the
first plenary session of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) as a representative of the People's Political Consultative Conference, and was elected as a Standing Committee Member and Deputy Secretary-General of the First CPPCC. Later he became the first Deputy
Minister of Labor. == References ==