Mingren
# Mingren

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.

## Outline

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 2023. This was increased in 2023 from the previous edition (2019), where the prize money was ¥300,000 and ¥100,000.

## Past Winners and Runners-up

| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | Liu Xiaoguang | 3–1 | Yu Bin |
| 1989 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–0 | Liu Xiaoguang |
| 1990 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–2 | Yu Bin |
| 1991 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–2 | Nie Weiping |
| 1992 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–1 | Zhang Wendong |
| 1993 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–0 | Cao Dayuan |
| 1994 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–2 | Luo Xihe |
| 1995 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–0 | Liu Xiaoguang |
| 1996 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–2 | Liu Xiaoguang |
| 1997 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–1 | Luo Xihe |
| 1998 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–2 | Liu Xiaoguang |
| 1999 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–0 | Chang Hao |
| 2000 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–2 | Shao Weigang |
| 2001 | Ma Xiaochun | 3–2 | Chang Hao |
| 2002 | Zhou Heyang | 3–1 | Ma Xiaochun |
| 2003 | Qiu Jun | 3–2 | Zhou Heyang |
| 2004 | Gu Li | 3–0 | Qiu Jun |
| 2005 | Gu Li | 3–0 | Yu Bin |
| 2006 | Gu Li | 3–0 | Zhou Ruiyang |
| 2007 | Gu Li | 3–0 | Ding Wei |
| 2008 | Gu Li | 3–2 | Piao Wenyao |
| 2009 | Gu Li | 3–1 | Gu Lingyi |
| 2010 | Jiang Weijie | 3–2 | Gu Li |
| 2011 | Jiang Weijie | 3–2 | Kong Jie |
| 2012 | Tan Xiao | 3–0 | Jiang Weijie |
| 2013 | Chen Yaoye | 3–1 | Tan Xiao |
| 2014 | Chen Yaoye | 3–1 | Lian Xiao |
| 2015 | Lian Xiao | 3–0 | Chen Yaoye |
| 2016 | Lian Xiao | 2–1 | Zhou Ruiyang |
| 2017 | Lian Xiao | 2–1 | Mi Yuting |
| 2018 | Mi Yuting | 2–1 | Lian Xiao |
| 2019 | Mi Yuting | 2–1 | Xu Jiayang |
