Jiang Yousheng

Jiang Yousheng was born in Yokohama, Japan. His ardent interest in cartoons was cultivated in childhood by reading comic books and Modern Cartoon monthly published in Shanghai. In 1942, he joined a brigade of the Communist New 4th Army to head the Cartoon Section under the Brigade's Propaganda Department.

His works have been displayed in numrous exhibitions both at home and abroad. He initiated the exhibition of Chinese cartoons in Pyongyang, Korea, in 1957 and led a delegation of Chinese cartoonists to visit Japan in 1980. He was a member of the Editorial Board of Satire and Humour Bi-monthly.