An item from Dec 19, 1981, in China Daily showed Yin Shengxi playing the erhu, a stringed musical instrument, at his teahouse in Beijing. 
 Yin, a former government official, was among the first batch of private businessmen in the capital thanks to China's reform and opening-up.  
                
 
         
         
            An item from Dec 19, 1981, in China Daily showed Yin Shengxi playing the erhu, a stringed musical instrument, at his teahouse in Beijing. <br/> Yin, a former government official, was among the first batch of private businessmen in the capital thanks to China's reform and opening-up.