The Mingren (Chinese :名人; pinyin :Míngrén) is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word míngrén means "brilliant man". The Mingren is equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin and the Hanguk Kiwon's Myungin titles. [1]
The Mingren is sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan and the People's Daily . It consists of a preliminary tournament in which 32 players compete against one another to determine the challenger to the previous year's winner. The preliminary is a single-elimination format, and the title match is decided in a best-of-three. Prior to 2016, the final of the preliminary tournament was decided in a best-of-three, and the title match was decided in a best-of-five.
The winner's purse is ¥400,000 and the runner-up's is ¥200,000, as of 2025. [2] This was increased in 2023 from the previous edition (2019), where the prize money was ¥300,000 and ¥100,000. [3]
| No. | Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1988 | Liu Xiaoguang | 3–1 | Yu Bin |
| 2 | 1989 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–0 | Liu Xiaoguang |
| 3 | 1990 | 3–2 | Yu Bin | |
| 4 | 1991 | 3–2 | Nie Weiping | |
| 5 | 1992 | 3–1 | Zhang Wendong | |
| 6 | 1993 | 3–0 | Cao Dayuan | |
| 7 | 1994 | 3–2 | Luo Xihe | |
| 8 | 1995 | 3–0 | Liu Xiaoguang | |
| 9 | 1996 | 3–2 | Liu Xiaoguang | |
| 10 | 1997 | 3–1 | Luo Xihe | |
| 11 | 1998 | 3–2 | Liu Xiaoguang | |
| 12 | 1999 | 3–0 | Chang Hao | |
| 13 | 2000 | 3–2 | Shao Weigang | |
| 14 | 2001 | 3–2 | Chang Hao | |
| 15 | 2002 | Zhou Heyang | 3–1 | Ma Xiaochun |
| 16 | 2003 | Qiu Jun | 3–2 | Zhou Heyang |
| 17 | 2004 | Gu Li | 3–0 | Qiu Jun |
| 18 | 2005 | 3–0 | Yu Bin | |
| 19 | 2006 | 3–0 | Zhou Ruiyang | |
| 20 | 2007 | 3–0 | Ding Wei | |
| 21 | 2008 | 3–2 | Piao Wenyao | |
| 22 | 2009 | 3–1 | Gu Lingyi | |
| 23 | 2010 | Jiang Weijie | 3–2 | Gu Li |
| 24 | 2011 | 3–2 | Kong Jie | |
| 25 | 2012 | Tan Xiao | 3–0 | Jiang Weijie |
| 26 | 2013 | Chen Yaoye | 3–1 | Tan Xiao |
| 27 | 2014 | 3–1 | Lian Xiao | |
| 28 | 2015 | Lian Xiao | 3–0 | Chen Yaoye |
| 29 | 2016 | 2–1 | Zhou Ruiyang | |
| 30 | 2017 | 2–1 | Mi Yuting | |
| 31 | 2018 | Mi Yuting | 2–1 [4] | Lian Xiao |
| 32 | 2019 | 2–1 [5] | Xu Jiayang | |
| 33 | 2023 | 2–1 | Ke Jie | |
| 34 | 2024–25 | 2–0 [2] | Tu Xiaoyu |