Zhou Enlai, the son of wealthy parents, was born in Jiangsu, China, in 1898. He was educated in a missionary college in Tianjin before studying at a university in Japan. He moved to France in 1920 where he helped to form the overseas branch of the Chinese Communist Party. He also lived in Britain and Germany before returning to China in 1924.

As members of the Communist Party, Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Zhou Enlai adapted the ideas of Lenin who had successfully achieved a revolution in Russia in 1917. They argued that in Asia it was important to concentrate（集中） on the countryside rather than the towns, in order to create a revolutionary elite.

As the Japanese surrendered, the communists gradually gained control of the country and on 1st October, 1949, Mao Zedong announced the establishment of People's Republic of China.

Zhou Enlai became prime minister and foreign minister. In 1954 he headed the Chinese delegation（代表团） to the Geneva Conference（日内瓦会议）. The following year he advocated Third World unity at the Bandung Conference（万隆会议）.

He was a great politician and diplomatist. He did everything for our country and dumb millions（人民）. Because of the war, he had no child all his life, but when he died in Beijing on 8th January 1976, millions of people went to escort and congee to him. He was the premier we will yearn forever.