{{Other uses|World Mingren}}
The '''Mingren''' ({{lang-zh|s=中国围棋名人战|p=Zhōngguó Wéiqí Míngrén Zhàn}}) 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.<ref name=gogameworld>{{cite web | url=http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/pg_titlelist_detail.php?title=Mingren%20Title | title=Go Tournament: Mingren Title | publisher=gogameworld.com | accessdate=1 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082219/http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/pg_titlelist_detail.php?title=Mingren%20Title | archive-date=15 April 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==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 2025.<ref name="sina-34th" /> This was increased in 2023 from the previous edition (2019), where the prize money was ¥300,000 and ¥100,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/chess/weiqi/2023-03-28/doc-imynmvfx7987596.shtml|title= "中吉号杯"第33届中国围棋名人战深圳开幕|website=Sina Sports|date=28 March 2023|language=zh}}</ref>
==Past Winners and runners-up== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !No. || Year || Winner || Score || Runner-up |- |1 || 1988 || Liu Xiaoguang || 3–1 || Yu Bin |- |2 || 1989 || rowspan="13" | 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 || rowspan="6" | 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 || rowspan="2" | Jiang Weijie || 3–2 || Gu Li |- |24 || 2011 || 3–2 || Kong Jie |- |25 || 2012 || Tan Xiao || 3–0 || Jiang Weijie |- |26 || 2013 || rowspan="2" | Chen Yaoye || 3–1 || Tan Xiao |- |27 || 2014 || 3–1 || Lian Xiao |- |28 || 2015 || rowspan="3" | Lian Xiao || 3–0 || Chen Yaoye |- |29 || 2016 || 2–1 || Zhou Ruiyang |- |30 || 2017 || 2–1 || Mi Yuting |- |31 || 2018 || rowspan=4 | Mi Yuting|| 2–1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2018-10-19/doc-ihmrasqs5638804.shtml|title=名人战挑战赛芈昱廷2-1逆转胜连笑 登顶新名人|publisher=sina.com.cn|date=19 October 2018|accessdate=19 October 2018|language=zh}}</ref> || Lian Xiao |- |32 || 2019 || 2–1<ref>{{cite web|date=25 September 2019|language=zh|publisher=sina.com.cn|title=芈昱廷2比1逆转胜许嘉阳 成功蝉联名人头衔|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2019-09-25/doc-iicezueu8336549.shtml}}</ref> || Xu Jiayang |- |33 || 2023 || 2–1 || Ke Jie |- |34 || 2024–25 || 2–0<ref name="sina-34th">{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2025-01-09/doc-ineeipff6631035.shtml|title=名人战挑战赛零封屠晓宇 芈昱廷达成名人四连冠|date=8 January 2025|website=Sina Sports|language=zh}}</ref> || Tu Xiaoyu |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Chinese go titles}}
Category:Go competitions in China Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1988