title: Mingren
text: # 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 |
  